prismatic compass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prismatic compass
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The trouble was overcome by building snow-mounds and taking back-angles to them with the prismatic compass.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Leather cases and straps for theodolite, circle, and prismatic compass.
From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John
Kingozi seated himself on a flat rock and at once began to take sights through a prismatic compass, entering the observations in a pocketbook.
From The Leopard Woman by White, Stewart Edward
Officers carried revolvers, field glasses, prismatic compass, and various other extras.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley
He was a familiar figure at the outposts, on his steadily ambling nag, armed with his prismatic compass, his odometer, and his sketch-book.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson
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