Примеры употребления для Sextant
1. Historians say mathematician James Camak, who led the team, begged the state to provide him the latest equipment, but instead he had to rely on an English sextant –– an instrument more familiar to sea captains than to land surveyors.
2. He plainly couldn’t abandon his old sea–going ways: the oil lamps are set on gimbals, there are fiddles around the edge of the saloon table so plates won’t fly off in Biscay storms, and there is even a binnacle, though a compass is of no more use on a winding river than a sextant on a submerged submarine.
3. Captain Chapple said the men‘s respect for Scott had grown throughout the expedition. ‘It is amazing what he and his team did,‘ he added. ‘Like him, we pulled our sledges ourselves through the snow but they didn‘t have a satellite phone to speak to their families or call for help. ‘We had maps and satellite navigation while they used a sextant to guide them which would have been a phenomenal task and very time–consuming.‘ The team are already looking forward to ‘simple things‘ when they get back, he added. ‘I want a ham and cheese sandwich and a glass of milk,‘ said Captain Chapple.