The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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An officer whose special duty it is to have care of the chronometers, compasses, charts, etc., who takes sights of the sun, moon, and stars, from which he calculates the ship's position, shapes the course. etc.; all, however, under the authority of the captain.

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