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• triangular compass — noun : a compass having three legs of which one is attached by a double joint used for transferring three points (as the vertices of a triangle) from one drawing to another …   Useful english dictionary

• Triangular — Compasses Com pass*es, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• compass saw — noun a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves • Hypernyms: ↑handsaw, ↑hand saw, ↑carpenter s saw …   Useful english dictionary

• Qibla compass — A qibla compass or qiblah compass (sometimes also called qibla/qiblah indicator) is a modified compass used by Muslims to indicate the direction to face to perform ritual parayers. In Islam, this direction is called qibla, and points towards the… …   Wikipedia

• prismatic compass — noun : a surveyor s hand compass provided with a triangular glass prism so adjusted that the compass can be read while taking a sight * * * a hand compass equipped with sights and prisms to permit aiming the instrument at a point and at the same… …   Useful english dictionary

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia

• Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …   History of philosophy

• List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …   Wikipedia

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

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• Merchant's Hope — was the name of a plantation and church established in the Virginia Colony in the 17th century. It was also the name of an English sailing ship, Merchant’s Hope, which plied the waters regularly from England to the Colonies. The Merchant s Hope… …   Wikipedia