单词 | teletopometer |
释义 | > as lemmasteletopometer ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances teleometer1820 telemeter1849 diastimeter1851 telometer1860 stadiometer1862 apomecometer1869 teletopometer1885 stenometer1901 tellurometer1956 mekometer1961 1885 Times 12 Sept. 8/3 The Teletopometer.—An ingenious instrument for ascertaining the distances of accessible and inaccessible points from the observer and from each other has been invented by Dr. Luigi Cerebotani, a Professor of the University of Verona. 1905 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 3/6 To the instrument, known as the teletopometer, a telescope is fixed, in which appear two pictures of the distant object. One picture is stationary, while the other moves and is brought to cover the first. A scale attached..indicates at once the distance of the object. 1910 Lit. Digest 9 Apr. 737/2 A teletopometer, a thing less fearsome than its name, is a sort of telescope. < as lemmas |
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