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English: Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century. Sextant, n. an optical instrument having an arc=the sixth part of a circle, and used for measuring angular distances.
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Source Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
Author Rev. Thomas Davidson 1856-1923 (ed.)

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