- A
dioptra (sometimes also
named dioptre or diopter, from Gr****: διόπτρα) is a
classical astronomical and
surveying instrument,
dating from the 3rd century...
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observed in
Alexandria and Rome used as a
hypothetical example in Hero's
Dioptra, and
found that it best
matched the
details of an
eclipse in 62 AD; A....
- is
often attributed to Hipparchus. A
combination of the
planisphere and
dioptra, the
astrolabe was
effectively an
analog computer capable of
working out...
- year.
Anathem Armillary sphere De
architectura Epicycle Lemniscate On the
Dioptra The word is rare in English, not to be
found in most dictionaries. The...
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Instruments used in
surveying include:
Alidade Alidade table Cosmolabe Dioptra Dumpy level Engineer's
chain Geodimeter Graphometer Groma (surveying) Laser...
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Dioptra Island (Bulgarian: остров Диоптра, romanized: ostrov
Dioptra, IPA: [ˈɔstrov
diˈɔptrɐ]) is the con****uous 290 m long in east-west
direction and...
- and
angles were
measured using a
sighting rod that the Gr****s
called a
dioptra, the
forerunner of the
Arabic alidade. A
detailed contemporary collection...
- designed. In old texts, the
speculum may also be
referred to as a
diopter or
dioptra. Like an endoscope, a
speculum allows a view
inside the body; endoscopes...
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photography A
theodolite or
similar surveyor's
angle measuring device A
dioptra, an old
surveying device An
alidade A
surgical speculum An
instrument for...
- use of the
surveying instrument called the
dioptra. Hero of Alexandria's m****cripts
suggest that the
dioptra could be used as a
level and for measuring...
