单词 | inclinatorium |
释义 | inclinatoriumn. rare (historical in later use). A dipping compass; a dipping needle. Cf. inclination n. 9b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > bit of magnetized steel as direction indicator > instrument with dipping-needle inclinatorium1801 dip-circle1876 dip compass1897 1801 A. von Humboldt in Philos. Mag. 11 356 In the two papers which I transmitted to Delambre, you will find my observations made in Europe with Borda's new inclinatorium [Fr. inclinatoire]. 1864 Monthly Notices Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania Apr. 30 There was only one instrument to which he should more particularly refer as quite peculiar to the system of instruments employed by him; this was the Differential Inclinatorium of Professor Lamont. 1902 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 34 169 Besides an ample supply of meteorological and oceanographic instruments, Capt. Amundsen will take..an inclinatorium. 1932 Isis 17 117 Navigation was further aided by the perfecting of the compass, as well as by the invention of the dipping-needle (inclinatorium). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801 |
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