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

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An astronomical instrument for determining the zenith distance of stars-sometimes referred to as zenith sector; an instrument for determining the difference in declination and right ascension between two bodies whose distance is to great to be observed through a telescope with the aid of a micrometer.

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