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Sextant

Price: € 161.00

Sextant

  • height: 32 cm, width: 27,5 cm,
  • designed in brass and wood
  • comes with elegant cardboard box
  • sextant is fully functional but should be NOT used in real navigation
  • information booklet included
This instrument is really a reproduction of an Octant of the mid 17th century. By semi-accurately measuring the height of stars or the sun, the Octant allows navigants to determine geographic latitude. In 1731 John Hadley (England) and Thomas Godfrey (Philadelfia, U.S.A.), demonstrated the Octand, independently. The arc of an Octant is 45? or 1/8 of a circle (hence its name) and is divided into 90 parts each ? degree. The Sextant (1757) replaced the wood frame with metal, progressively tooks Octant´s place and is still used today.

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