Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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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