Definitionn. a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
Last update: June 28, 2016
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We use sextant to determine the position of ship. [Please select]
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He also invented a reflecting sextant for observing the distance between the moon and the fixed stars, - the same in every essential as the instrument which is still in everyday use at sea under the name of Hadley's quadrant. [Please select]
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Will you get my sextant and the chronometer up, Jack, and put them handy. [Please select]
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I also observed the well seasoned case of my sextant shrunk considerably and the joints opened. [Please select]
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--today I observed time and distance of sun's and moon's nearest limbs with sextant sun East. [Please select]
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Observed Magnetic Azimuth and altitude of the sun with Circumferenter and Sextant. [Please select]
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He began to take observations with the [v]sextant, which shook in his trembling hand. [Please select]
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Some of the astronomical instruments which they constructed, including the sextant and the gnomon, are still in use. [Please select]
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The clouds last night prevented my taking any lunar observations this day I took Equal Altitudes of the 0 with Sextant. [Please select]
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He kept getting out his sextant (an instrument which tells you what part of the ocean you are in) and making calculations. [Please select]
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"I wish I had not left my sextant behind me in the hurry of departure," said the Captain that evening to Leo. [Please select]
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