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12-07-19, 07:20 PM

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Fidd

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The sextant can only calculate latitude' but needs to be used in conjunction with a very accurate chronometer to determine longitude. A sextant without one is as much use a bath-plug on a submarine.

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Originally Posted by KDN77RUS

the accuracy of the sextant is limited to the determination of latitude and longitude ?

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