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It work by looking in a distant look though the glass you can see the sun from where you are at.
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How does a sextant work?
i guess planets
How a sextant work?
i guess planets
What can you find out about sextant?
you can find sextant on history.com
What is the sextant used for?
you use a sextant to navigate.
Do you need a sextant to get a clue scroll to work in runescape?
Only for co-ordinate clues.
How do you draw a sextant?
you draw a sextant by looking at googler in the images.
How do you use the word sextant in a sentence?
the sextant helped me navagate my way to alaska
Why sextant is named so?
as sextant consists a graduated circular arc that is of 60 degree so, arc forms one-sixth of a circle ,hence the name sextant
Is the sextant still used today?
Yes, but not as much as it used to. The nice thing (for a sailor) about having a sextant and knowing how to use it is that it requires no electrical power, and will continue to work even if massive solar storms destroy all the GPS satellites.
How many years sextant becomes a symbol of navigation?
how many years that the sextant become a symbol of navigation
Who built the sextant?
John Hadley and Thomas Godfrey independently built the octant (which became the sextant later)
What has replaced the astrolabe?
The sextant
