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What does a sextant replace?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

A similar but smaller instrument called the octant. The octant was one eighth ("octo" is latin for eight) of a circle, while a sextant ("sextus" is Latin for "six") is one sixth of a circle.

An even earlier instrument was called a quadrant. Enter your guesses as to how big a "quadrant" is in the Discussion area!

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14y ago

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