Which measurement error increased aboard 18th-century ships using a sextant during heavy swells?

💡 Explanation

During heavy swells, the unstable horizon causes irregular and rapidly changing sightlines because sailors found it challenging to consistently align the sextant with a defined horizon. Therefore horizon irregularity induces measurement error, rather than parallax, index error change, or chromatic aberration, which occur independently of sea conditions.

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