| 单词 | inclinatory needle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinclinatory needle 1. inclinatory needle: = dipping-needle n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > bit of magnetized steel as direction indicator needlea1393 mariner's needle1600 directory needle1613 inclinatory needle1613 dipping-needle1667 dip-needle1881 1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies To Rdr. sig. A3v To haue the Inclinatory-needle truly placed in his ring. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iii. 46 The Magneticall Inclinatory needle, in euery eleuation of the Pole is..disposed to the Axell of the Earth. 1770 J. A. Mallet Let. 13 Apr. in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 366 He got an inclinatory needle constructed at Basle. 1843 LitTEST Gaz. 28 Oct. 701/3 The action upon the inclinatory needle is a revolutive one, not only upon its axis, but upon its axis of motion. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 89 527 The members of the old Bond committee got together and made a report to the King advising him to make a grant of £30 for inclinatory needles. < as lemmas |
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