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Most inertial navigation devises use a gyro that measures motion by the change in vibration of a cup-shaped device.

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A horary quadrant is used to find the time of day by measuring the Sun’s altitude.

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The periscopic sextant eliminated the need for astrodomes.

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The Link A-12 Sextant represented a new generation of “averaging” sextants.

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The Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch eliminated a simple but troublesome calculation in celestial computations. 

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