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Show NEW INVENTION FOR NAVIGATORS ' Washington, Jan 1"! Through the development of an instrument that pi Ctlcally will brine the horizon on shipboard, the experts of ih.- naval observaton here expect to mu'e possible for navigators to determine their position at sea at anv hour of the day or nlclit The possibility of discovering his whereabouts when the notion Is obscured is one or the ost serious problems l ship captain1 !or navigating orflcer has to face This difficulty is experienced frequently w hen the sun Is shining brightly ov -i rhead Td overcome this Mve drawback the observatory officials are completing complet-ing an Instrument patterned some-what some-what ffler the gyroscopic compass I sine a small gyroscope with a tlnv mirror maintained at preefseh 'he same horizontal plans fegirdles? ol Hie rolling or plunging of the ship the navigator IS supplied with an artificial artifi-cial horizon Utcr adjusting the ml,-. ror. the observe, n enabled by the use or the sextant lo make accurate observations regardless of weather condit trjfll |