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The Sextant has not been replaced they are still available to buy new and are carried on every commercial vessel.
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What instrument replaced the harpsichord as the most dominant instrument of the?
The piano replaced the harpsichord as the most dominant instrument.
Which instrument stopped being used during the baroque period and was replaced by which one?
The harpsichord was replaced by the piano.
What is a very modern instrument?
electric guitar.
Select a renaissance musical instrument and a similar modern instrument. describe their similarities and differences?
A Lute - and a guitar.
Select a renaissance musical instrument and a similar modern instrument . describe their similarties and differences?
A Lute - and a guitar.
What modern instrument replaced a viola?
No modern instrument replaced the viola.
What does the astrolabe measure?
It is a mediaeval instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and other sky objects, now replaced by the sextant.
What replaced the astrolabe?
The sextant
What has replaced the astrolabe?
The sextant
What instrument measures the horizon?
A sextant
What instrument is used to measure a the angle of a star?
A sextant.
What instrument measures angle of elevation and angle of depression?
A sextant.
Formerly instrument for measuring angles in navigation and astronomy?
Sextant
Exploration was aided by advances in astronomy and the development of what instrument?
The sextant and the compass.
How do you use sextant in a sentence?
A sextant is a navigational instrument that sights upon the stars to determine a ship's position. This instrument was crucial to naval navigation until global positioning became a reality in the late 20th century. "Henry the Navigator prized his sextant while on his journeys to the New World." "The ship's position is determined by the use of the ship's navigator using a sextant."
What replaced the replaced the astrolabe as a tool for measuring a star's angle at which it appears above the northern horizon?
The sextant.
What instrument made it possible for sailors to calcute their position by the sun and stars?
The sextant and the clock.
