Which navigational error increases aboard ships when humidity affects a sextant's mirror?

💡 Explanation

Hygroscopic distortion causes angular errors during altitude measurement because the frame warps due to Differential Expansion; therefore, latitude readings will be inaccurate, rather than affecting longitude or depth measurements which rely on chronometers and sounding lines.

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