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Thomas Godfrey (inventor)
Thomas Godfrey
(December 1704 – December 1749) was an optician and inventor in the
American colonies
, who around 1730 invented the
octant
. At approximately the same time an Englishman,
John Hadley
, also invented the octant independently.
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