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- An alidade (/ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/) (archaic forms include alhidade, alhidad, alidad)[citation needed] or a turning board is a device that allows one to sight a...
- proper, the mariner's astrolabe was rather a graduated circle with an alidade used to measure vertical angles. They were designed to allow for their...
- Instruments used in surveying include: Alidade Alidade table Cosmolabe Dioptra Dumpy level Engineer's chain Geodimeter Graphometer Groma (surveying) Laser...
- Alidade Lake is a small alpine lake in Elmore County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area...
- area. In 1922, a USGS scientist, George R. Mansfield, used a map and an alidade telescope to prove that the lights that were being seen were trains, car...
- Alidade Cr**** is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is a tributary of Johnson Cr****. Alidade Cr**** was named after the alidade, a surveying instrument...
- position, only the position of the alidade or similar index need be determined. In that case, the observer moved the alidade until the object of interest is...
- drawing sheet is attached to the surface and an alidade is used to sight objects of interest. The alidade, in modern examples of the instrument a rule with...
- The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts to find a directional bearing (azimuth) to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a...
- graduation of 360 degrees around the back edge. The alidade is attached to the back face. An alidade can be seen in the lower right illustration of the...