† clinatoryn.
Obsolete.
An instrument for ascertaining the position of a line or plane with reference to its azimuth and altitude; a declinator.
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clinatory1659
chain inclinometera1877
Abney level1883
Abney clinometer1885
gradiometer1899
1659 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. v. 139 There are several waies to find the scituation of all Plains; but the readiest..is by the Clinatory. The Clinatory is made of a square board.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 436 A Circle divided into Degrees, put in a Square Box, after the ordinary manner of Clinatories.
1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 313 If your Plane either Recline or Incline, apply one of the sides of your Clinatory parallel to..the Plane.
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