- A
planimeter, also
known as a platometer, is a
measuring instrument used to
determine the area of an
arbitrary two-dimensional shape.
There are several...
- A dot
planimeter is a
device used in
planimetrics for
estimating the area of a shape,
consisting of a
transparent sheet containing a
square grid of dots...
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century and
found application in gunnery,
surveying and navigation. The
planimeter was a
manual instrument to
calculate the area of a
closed figure by tracing...
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outwit his imitators; he also
refused to
disclose the
origin of the word.
Planimeter Steinhaus longimeter Surveyor's
wheel Gerard L'Estrange Turner, Scientific...
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including angles, distances, and areas. To
measure planimetrics a
planimeter or dot
planimeter is used. This
rather advanced analog technology is
being taken...
- the
plane region D
bounded by C, is
applied in an
instrument known as a
planimeter,
which is used to
calculate the area of a flat
surface on a drawing. For...
- see Green's
theorem § Area calculation.) This is the
principle of the
planimeter mechanical device. To find the
bounded area
between two
quadratic functions...
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attribute to
either one of them.
Jakob Amsler-Laffon
invented the
polar planimeter in 1854. The
instrument consists of a
fixed pivot (the "pole"), a two-arm...
- clocks), the astrolabe,
slide rules, the
governor of a
steam engine, the
planimeter (a
simple device that
measures the
surface area of a
closed shape), Kelvin's...
- two-dimensional
shape can be
determined using a
measuring instrument called planimeter. The
volume of
irregular objects can be
measured with
precision by the...
