Explore the vintage maritime instruments used for navigating the seas under the stars and beyond.
Vintage Mariners’ Navigational Toolkit
Explore the classic instruments that guided sailors through oceans before modern technology.
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- 1. Tool for measuring angles of elevation
- 2. Navigator or sailor using nautical instruments
- 5. Instrument combining celestial navigation with compass bearings
- 6. Instrument used to determine latitude by measuring star angles
- 10. Cord and weight used to measure water depth
- 13. Ancient device measuring celestial altitude for navigation
- 14. Signal instrument marking time or warnings on board
- 16. Optical instrument for distant viewing at sea
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- 3. Nautical map used to plot courses and hazards
- 4. Navigation method estimating current position from earlier known point
- 7. Highly precise clock for determining longitude at sea
- 8. Device used for taking bearings relative to the ship’s heading
- 9. Early instrument to calculate latitude by sighting the sun
- 11. Mechanical device recording distance traveled by ship
- 12. Timekeeping device used to measure intervals aboard ship
- 15. Instrument measuring sea level changes
- 17. Device to measure a ship’s speed through water
- 18. Magnetic device showing cardinal directions
- 19. Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure for weather prediction
- 20. Handheld telescope used by sailors
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