octant
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measuring instrument used primarily in navigation; type of reflecting instrument
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- astronomical instrument
- Image
- Oktant.jpg
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- Commons category
- Octants
- replaced by
- sextant
- start time
- 1731-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Thomas Godfrey
- replaces
- astrolabe
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