六分儀的用法和樣例:
例句
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我 ... 找到一個六分儀。「好啦!」我說,「他們就是用這個測定太陽的高度。」
I ... found a sextant ... "Now, " I said, "they take the sun through this thing." -
星盤一種中世紀的儀器,曾用來測量太陽或其它天體的高度,現在已被六分儀取代
A medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies.