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Textbook on Spherical Astronomy

1977 
1. Spherical trigonometry 2. The celestial sphere 3. Refraction 4. The meridian circle 5. Planetary motions 6. Time 7. Planetary phenomena and heliographic co-ordinates 8. Aberration 9. Parallax 10. Precession and nutation 11. The proper motions of the stars 12. Astronomical photography 13. Determination of position at sea 14. Binary star orbits 15. Occulations and eclipses Appendix 1. The method of dependences Appendix 2. Stellar magnitudes Appendix 3. The coelostat Appendix A. Astronomical constants Appendix B. Dimensions of the sun, moon and planets Appendix C. Mean elements of the planetary orbits for the epoch 1975 January 0.5 E.T. Appendix D. Elements and dimensions of the satellites Appendix E. Ephemeris and universal time.
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