One of my favorite reads was <The Sextant Handbook> (Bruce Bauer, 2nd edition). I bought it because I wanted to learn how to use a sextant. This book is THE book for learning how to operate a sextant. I quickly realized that actually I didn't want to…
…最喜欢的是 John Letcher 写的《Self-contained Celestial Navigation with HO 208》。它已经绝版了，但二手书偶尔会在 abebooks 上以合理的价格出现。经常有人推荐这本书。我也很喜欢 Bruce Bauer 的《The Sextant Handbook》，同样绝版了。一本讲天文导航历史的非常棒的现代精装平放书（coffee-table book）是 Richard Dunn 等人写的《Finding Longitude》：http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HPMW95A 最后，…
…favourite is 'Self-contained Celestial Navigation with HO 208' by John Letcher. It's out of print but used copies show up on abebooks for a reasonable price at times. It's often recommended. I also like 'The Sextant Handbook' by Bruce Bauer. Also out of print. A very nice modern coffee-table book about the history of celestial navigation is 'Finding Longitude' by Richard Dunn e.a. : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HPMW95A Finally,…
我最喜欢的读物之一是《The Sextant Handbook》（Bruce Bauer 著，第 2 版）。我买它是因为想学怎么用六分仪。这本书绝对是学习操作六分仪的圣经。但我很快就意识到，其实我根本不想…
One of my favorite reads was <The Sextant Handbook> (Bruce Bauer, 2nd edition). I bought it because I wanted to learn how to use a sextant. This book is THE book for learning how to operate a sextant. I quickly realized that actually I didn't want to…
…最喜欢的是 John Letcher 写的《Self-contained Celestial Navigation with HO 208》。它已经绝版了，但二手书偶尔会在 abebooks 上以合理的价格出现。经常有人推荐这本书。我也很喜欢 Bruce Bauer 的《The Sextant Handbook》，同样绝版了。一本讲天文导航历史的非常棒的现代精装平放书（coffee-table book）是 Richard Dunn 等人写的《Finding Longitude》：http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HPMW95A 最后，…
…favourite is 'Self-contained Celestial Navigation with HO 208' by John Letcher. It's out of print but used copies show up on abebooks for a reasonable price at times. It's often recommended. I also like 'The Sextant Handbook' by Bruce Bauer. Also out of print. A very nice modern coffee-table book about the history of celestial navigation is 'Finding Longitude' by Richard Dunn e.a. : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HPMW95A Finally,…