Dipping Compass

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An instrument consisting essentially of a dipping needle, a verticle graduated circle whose center coincides with the axis of the needle, and a graduated horizontal circle, the whole being supported by a tripod. Also called an inclinometer.

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angle

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Compasses

Source

William & Robert Chambers Encyclopaedia - A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881)

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