parallel ruler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The exercises were growing more complex and difficult: navigation by leg dividers and a parallel ruler; docking in 30 mph wind; sailing around an entire island; trying to rescue Mick’s hat, which blew overboard.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
“Nor’-nor’-west,” echoed Maxwell, seizing his parallel ruler and applying it to the chart.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
But reach down your chart, and produce your parallel ruler and dividers, my hearty; I want to get some sort of notion of what is ahead of us.”
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
The master took his parallel ruler and did so.
From The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron by J. Schonberg
One brass rolling parallel ruler, two feet long; must not weigh less than five pounds.
From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by William John Wills
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