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Angle measurement navigational instrument.

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Sextant

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Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
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Q87335420
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Q24744027
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Sextant
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Sextant
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
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The New Student's Reference Work/Quadrant
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 10
Page(s)
:348

Used By

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Start Time

1757

Discoverer or Inventor

John Bird
Abu-Mahmud Khojandi

Replaces

Octant
Astrolabe

Subclass Of

Reflecting Instrument
Navigational Instrument
Astronomical Instrument

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Sextant
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Sekstant
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Sextante
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Sestante
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition)

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