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Definition of Azimuths
1. azimuth [n] - See also: azimuth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Azimuths
Literary usage of Azimuths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"'azimuths of the North Pole Star, Lat. 38° N. to Lat. ... First a table ot azimuths
of the star has been computed for different hour angles and every degree ..."
2. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1874)
"It will not be advisable to extend the observations to azimuths of more than 15°
on either side. The altitude and azimuth instrument is peculiarly adapted ..."
3. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1891)
"... azimuths. taken from the plates, which are accurately drawn upon a scale of
A-* 210. The portable universal instruments are usually so arranged that the ..."
4. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"To Compute Latitudes and Departures, Using azimuths. It is not necessary to
convert azimuths into bearings. If the azimuths are measured clockwise from the ..."
5. Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying by Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1905)
"LATITUDES AND azimuths. ON expeditions and boundary commissions it is ...
Recourse may then be had to the device known as " latitudes and azimuths. ..."
6. Practical Astronomy by Peter Smith Michie, Frank Stowell Harlow (1893)
"azimuths of the line with reference to the star are taken in " sets," the ...
Primary azimuths are employed in determining the direction of certain lines ..."
7. Treatise on the Principal Mathematical Instruments Employed in Surveying by Frederick Walter Simms (1834)
"... and all the six azimuths lie much within the limits of their adjusting screw.
' The easiest method of keeping so many observations from confusion, ..."
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