During celestial navigation improvements in the Islamic Golden Age, which risk increased due to imperfections in astrolabe angle measurement?

💡 Explanation

Imperfect instrument manufacture introduces errors due to error propagation. Accumulated angular errors in instrument readings causes an increase in inaccurate timekeeping estimation, because angle measurements are required for celestial calculations, therefore estimation becomes unreliable; rather than physical wear of components.

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