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dip circle

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noun

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

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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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