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Webster 1828 Edition


Gnomiometrical

GNOMIOMET'RICAL

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Adj.
[Gr. an index, and to measure.]
The gnomiometrical telescope and microscope is an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by reflection, and for ascertaining the inclination of strata, and the apparaent magnitude of angles when the eye is not placed at the vertex.