Assertion: nautical sextant | /r/ObjectUse | used in celestial navigation
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text: Our collection of Fine Solid Brass hand crafted Sextants are probably the finest reproductions of the traditional Nautical sextants, which have been used in celestial navigation since 1757.Our Sextants are based an a design bought in by Captain Cambell, but the original Octant from which the modern sextant came was made by John Hadley about 1731.The sextants are workable but not meant to be used for serious navigation.