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Cross Staff reproduction
Document Type: Artifact
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ID Number: Cross_Staff_Model
Keywords: Navigation
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Description:
This working reproduction of a cross staff shows a scale along the staff and four different length cross pieces, so that different altitudes may be measured precisely. The height of the celestial body to be observed over the horizon determines which scale and arm is used.
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