Excerpt from The Elements of Geodetic Astronomy: For Civil Engineers This book was written for the students in the course in civil engineering at the Ohio State University and to put in permanent form the author's manner of presenting this subject. After an experience of over sixteen years in teaching geodetic astronomy to engineering students, he is firmly convinced of the value of this subject as a training for the young engineer. Practical astronomy gives, as nothing else does, experience in precise meas urement and in handling long and intricate calculations. 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.