theodolite

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noun

a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

Theodolite in a sentence

I drew outlines (according to my usual custom) of all the hills on the horizon before us, and took angles on them with the theodolite.

The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.

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