azimuth circle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of azimuth circle
First recorded in 1585–95
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The instrument is supported on a strong tripod, fitted with levelling screws; to this tripod is fixed the azimuth circle and a long vertical steel axis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the azimuth circle of a celestial object and the magnetic meridian.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
The azimuth circle of Tycho’s largest quadrant had a diameter of nine feet, and the quadrant a radius of six feet.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
The iron part was hollow, so that the clock was inside, as was the azimuth circle, and thus space was saved.
From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Maria Mitchell
A quadrant of one and a half cubits radius, and an azimuth circle of three cubits.4.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Sir David Brewster
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