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dip circle

noun

  1. Also called: inclinometeran instrument for measuring dip, consisting of a dip needle with a vertical circular scale of angles

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Relics found about Ross Cairn, on Point Victory, May and June, 1859, brought away:— A 6-inch dip circle by Robinson, marked I 22.

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It may be well to repeat that the Magnetic Pole is that point where the needle of the dip circle is absolutely vertical—where it stands at exactly 90� to the plane of the horizon.

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