Which outcome followed repeated inaccurate sextant readings on long voyages?

💡 Explanation

Increased use of chronometers followed because *accumulated error* in lunar distance calculations using sextants grew significantly over long voyages; therefore accurate time was increasingly valued for longitude, rather than relying solely on celestial body angles.

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