Nature

Surveying for Archæologists. 1

VI.—THE FINDING OF DATES. (i) By Solstitial Alignments. IN the astronomical study of ancient monuments, the archæologist's measures of azimuth and altitude enable him to determine the declination of ...
Science Daily

200 Years Later, Geologist Completes Lewis And Clark Readings

Virtual explorer Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has teamed up with Lewis and Clark to provide the oldest determinations of the ...
Nature

(1) Nautical Astronomy (2) The “Newest” Navigation Altitude and Azimuth Tables for Facilitating the Determination of Lines of Position and Geographical Position at Sea

(1) NAUTICAL astronomy is simply the application of spherical trigonometry to the problem of ascertaining the latitude and longitude at sea by observations of the heavenly bodies; as also the errors ...