Across
- 1. an instrument or machine for weighing
- 3. partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body
- 4. Star: the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points
- 7. one that navigates or is qualified to navigate
- 8. staff: an instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitude of a celestial body
- 10. a large seagoing vessel
- 11. a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification
- 13. map: a map often made by photography that gives the positions and magnitudes of the stars
- 15. an instance of reflecting
- 16. an instrument for measuring altitudes
- 18. something that makes vision possible
- 19. a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
Down
- 1. an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies
- 2. extent or distance from side to side
- 5. an instrument similar to a cross-staff but fitted with a reflector and formerly used for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies
- 6. a horizontal member (as of a structure)
- 9. the line where the earth seems to meet the sky
- 12. the study of properties of given elements that remain invariant under specified transformations
- 14. free from error especially as the result of care
- 17. a corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosed space
