sextant in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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Some scientific sextants have been constructed of quartz or ceramics with even lower expansions.
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In 1896, he invented the bubble sextant for use in celestial navigation.
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The purpose of this type of sextant was to get an accurate position of a ship at sea.
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This adaptation of the traditional marine sextant allowed navigation without visual reference to the real horizon.
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Hence, the navigator's sextant measures 120 on an arc with an included angle of 60.
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Professional sextants can mount an artificial horizon in place of the horizon-mirror assembly.
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As the developments in dividing engines progressed, the sextant was more accurate and could be made smaller.
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Index correction should be checked, using the horizon or more preferably a star, each time the sextant is used.
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Using a sextant, the navigator precisely measures the angle between the moon and another body.
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Many were made that were quadrants rather than sextants.
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