Assertion: sextant | /r/CapableOf | put to wide practical use
Facets:
value: by seafarers
type: OTHER
value: during the 1700s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Invented in the 1600s and put to wide practical use by seafarers during the 1700s, sextants have long been used for navigation by mariners as they ranged and explored the globe.