The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Ship's Telemeter

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An instrument consisting of two parallel base bars, divided by scale to tenths of an inch (form 0 to 20 inches on each bar), the object of which instrument is to solve by mechanical means any problem that involves the parts of a plane triangle.

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