What is the constellation Sextans. Box sextant, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable called?
sextant — (Astron.) The constellation Sextans. Box sextant, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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