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English: Jacob's staff used in navigation to obtain the altitude of the sun, which gives the latitude (17th century)
Français : Bâton de Jacob utilisé en navigation pour mesurer l'altitude du soleil, ce qui donne la latitude du point d'observation (XVIIè siècle)
Norsk bokmål: Jakobsstav
Norsk nynorsk: Jakobsstav
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Source Scan from the original work Practical navigation (1st edition 1669) p. 200
Author John Seller (1603-1697)

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