Johannes Hevelius was an accomplished astronomer who worked approximately half a century before Flamsteed. His 6 foot sextant shown in this illustration from Machina Coelestis Hevelius (1969) was fitted with an ordinary eyepiece rather than the telescopes on later instruments such as Flamsteed's.
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Figure 2 Hevelius' Sextant |  |
