Sentence examples for celestial navigation from inspiring English sources

And yet, when he turned to translating "The New American Practical Navigator," which contained the secrets of celestial navigation, he found that it was not his new language that failed him, but his old one -- that new words were needed for the new concepts he had absorbed.

Brooks and the navigator Matt Wachowicz added to the historical realism by practicing celestial navigation all the way to Hawaii.

(They learn celestial navigation alongside algebra).

At Annapolis, he took a course in celestial navigation, which engendered his love of the sky.

Mallarmé liked to sail, and wrote often of boats and celestial navigation.

Noonan was using a combination of celestial navigation and dead reckoning.

There's more to it than that, which is one of the basic rules of celestial navigation.

By about the mid 15th century, astrolabes were adopted by mariners and used in celestial navigation.

Students paid $3,250 for an academic year of study, including Spanish and celestial navigation, taught by Mr. Sheldon.

I learned from experience to withhold until the end of class the information that during World War II Jarrell had served as a celestial-navigation tower operator rather than as a member of a bomber crew.

That notion has now been proved wrong as the celestial-navigation club welcomes its latest member: the humble dung beetle.Life in the world of dung beetles is fiercely competitive.