- 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...
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Instruments used in
surveying include:
Alidade Alidade table Cosmolabe Dioptra Dumpy level Engineer's
chain Geodimeter Graphometer Groma (surveying) Laser...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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Alidade Lake is a
small alpine lake in
Elmore County, Idaho,
United States,
located in the
Sawtooth Mountains in the
Sawtooth National Recreation Area...
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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...
