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==External links== {{Wiktionary}} {{commons|Sextant}} * [http://www.hmnao.com/ Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221154351/http://www.hmnao.com/ |date=2011-02-21 }} * [http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/history/ The History of HM Nautical Almanac Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624072559/http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/history/ |date=2016-06-24 }} * [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Practical_Navigator/Chapter_17 Chapter 17 from the online edition of Nathaniel Bowditch's ''American Practical Navigator''] * [http://www.erakart.com/nauticals/12-brass-sextant/ Understand difference in Antique & Replica Sextant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817004008/http://www.erakart.com/nauticals/12-brass-sextant/ |date=2017-08-17 }} * [http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CDSextantProject.htm CD-Sextant - Build your own sextant] Simple do-it-yourself project. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703070037/http://www.historicalatlas.com/lunars/ Lunars web site. online calculation] * [http://www.celnav.de Complete celnav theory book, including Lunars] {{Portal bar|Earth sciences|Astronomy|Stars|Spaceflight|Science}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Navigational equipment]] [[Category:Celestial navigation]] [[Category:1731 introductions]] [[Category:Astronomical instruments]] [[Category:Angle measuring instruments]]
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