Found 101 words to describe [backstaff]. You can click on each words to see its definition.

Adjectives For Backstaff

[backstaff] implies to an instrument formerly used for measuring the sun's altitude at sea: so called because in using it the observer turned his back to the sun., an instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed. or an early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude

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