octant

Summary

octant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• octant is credited with the discovery of John Hadley^[2].
• octant is credited with the discovery of Thomas Godfrey^[3].
• octant's image is recorded as Oktant.jpg^[4].
• octant's GND ID is recorded as 7636526-8^[5].
• octant's subclass of is recorded as navigational instrument^[6].
• octant's subclass of is recorded as reflecting instrument^[7].
• octant's subclass of is recorded as astronomical instrument^[8].
• octant's Commons category is recorded as Octants^[9].
• octant's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 78673^[10].
• octant's start time is recorded as +1731-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• octant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07qb_3^[12].
• octant's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300199777^[13].
• octant's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 527.0284^[14].
• octant's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 623.863^[15].
• octant's Iconclass notation is recorded as 46C2822^[16].
• octant's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• octant's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• octant's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• octant's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• octant's described by source is recorded as Q133729867^[21].
• octant's replaces is recorded as astrolabe^[22].
• octant's replaced by is recorded as sextant^[23].
• octant's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/octant^[24].
• octant's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2687694^[25].
• octant's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as oktant^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include John Hadley^[2], a mathematician^[27], 1682–1744^[28], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[29], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[30], specialised in mathematics^[31] and Thomas Godfrey^[3], an inventor^[32], 1704–1749^[33], of United States^[34]. Things named for octant include Octans^[35], a constellation^[36].

Why It Matters

octant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).^[1] octant has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] octant is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for octant include Octans^[35], a constellation^[36].