CONTENTS

Chapter Title Page

No. No.
1 Amplitude 1
2 Twilight 3
3 Reading a Sextant 4
4 Correction to Altitudes 8
5 Circumpolar Bodies 19
6 Definitions 21
7 Measurement of time 33
8 Movement of Planets 42
9 The Earth Moon system 46
10 The Years 51
11 Precision of the Equinoxes & Nutation 53