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A mariner’s astrolabe measures the angle of the Sun or a star above the horizontal line of reference. 

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Mask, Oregon Territory

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Navigational dividers measure the distance between two points on a chart to mark the ship’s position.

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Nocturnal and Sundial, signed by Caspar Vopel, Cologne, 16th century

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Octant marked: "Andrew Newell / Maker / Boston," about 1800

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