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SEXTANT GYROSCOPIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1982-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
OBS

They [surveillance periscopes] can reach high angles of elevation and, in conjunction with a gyroscopic sextant, can take star sightings for position-finding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
OBS

Périscopes de veille. (...) Ils permettent l'observation à des sites élevés ainsi que la détermination, avec un sextant gyroscopique, de la hauteur d'un astre pour faire le point.

Spanish

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