IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This alt-azimuth instrument has ...

The altitude and azimuth instruments made by Edward Troughton in London from the 1790s were remarkably stable and accurate, and Troughton & Simms continued this tradition. Indeed, Frederick W. Simms ...

Calculating the traverse that represents a parcel can benefit significantly from something that is not properly taught: The use of azimuths. What is an azimuth? It is a horizontal angle of a line, ...

II. AN important objection was made to me some years ago by Capt. Evans against the use of quadrantal correctors in the Navy, that they would prevent the taking of bearings by the prismatic azimuth ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (May 6, 2015) -- The commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Maj. Gen. Scott Miller, hosted the MCoE quarterly "Azimuth Check" April 24 at the Benning Club to ...

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