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Now that I think of it the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had been under fire for a long time re the amount of taxpayer's money it gobbled up .. looking thru it all it seems they were having a picnic on the Governments buck .. correct me if you think I'm wrong.

[NOAA Link](ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cgs_specpubs/QB275U35no145thed1941.pdf). * [Theodolites](https://i.postimg.cc/1XLyWR5T/Theodolites.jpg). * [Transit Micrometer Telescopes](https://i.postimg.cc/52XwYnZ2/Transit-Micrometer-Telescopes.jpg). * [Chronograph & Zenith Telescope](https://i.postimg.cc/4Nkdbw73/Chronograph-2.jpg). * [Signal Lamps and 80 Foot Tower](https://i.postimg.cc/NfBtjn2R/Signal-Lamps-Tower.jpg). * [The Finished Article](https://i.postimg.cc/c4gR6Dq4/Science.png). Now that I think of it the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had been under fire for a long time re the amount of taxpayer's money it gobbled up .. looking thru it all it seems they were having a picnic on the Governments buck .. correct me if you think I'm wrong.

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Isn't that how sextants work?

And yes, that method does work, it used to be the standard way of fixing longtitude before GPS. It still depends on having an accurate timepiece though, which up until the invention of quartz watches was difficult and expensive.