Excerpt from Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: The Practical Part, Containing Rules for Finding the Latitude, and the Variation of the Compass XLVII. To find the longitude by chronometer and altitude of sun XLVIII. To find the longitude by chronometer and star altitude Lunar observations XLIX. To clear the lunar distance L. To find the longitude by sun lunar (ship time deter mined from sun's altitude) LI. To find the longitude by sun lunar (ship time deter mined from moon's altitude) LII. To find the longitude by star lunar (ship time deter mined from star's altitude) lhi. To find the longitude by star lunar (ship time deter mined from moon' s altitude) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.