| 单词 | dialling scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdialling scale dialling scale n. now chiefly historical a graduated scale from which hour lines may be marked off in the design and construction of a sundial; (also) the scale of hour lines on a completed sundial. ΚΠ 1658 J. Collins Sector on Quadrant 277 On the left edge is placed the Dialling scale of hours 4 Inches long. 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 389 A new Method of constructing Sun-Dials..without the Assistance of Dialing Scales. 1808 S. Webber Mathematics (ed. 2) II. 362 To draw a horizontal dial by means of the dialing scales. 1902 R. E. Middleton et al. Treat. Surv. II. xiv. 214 Dials may be constructed by means of a terrestrial globe, by dialling scales, or by stereographic projection. 2005 M. Lennox-Boyd Sundials (2006) 55/3 (caption) A dialling scale, c.1700, by John Rowle, brass. < as lemmas |
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