Examples of sextant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Chow's sextant, a navigation instrument that measured celestial objects and the horizon -- the only navigation device at that time -- was useless. — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 23 Aug. 2021 The astrodome included a hanging point for a sextant so navigators would not have to hold the weighty instrument. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2021 For centuries, using a sextant, a sailor could mark a ship’s location by making a few calculations to determine a star’s position relative to the horizon. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2021 One, a rally in the Northeast sextant’s King School Park. — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020 A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. — Fox News, 12 June 2020 A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. — Fox News, 12 June 2020 A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. — Fox News, 12 June 2020 Darwin's sextant from the voyage aboard the Beagle. — National Geographic, 11 June 2020 See More

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