Examples of theodolite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Washburn used a 40-pound surveying instrument called a theodolite to measure the angles between each of the control points, providing him with the relative position and height of each set of points. — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2019 Milazzo would walk out into a field and hold a pole marked with measurements, while his grandfather, Richard Hall, took elevations using an instrument called a theodolite. — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021 The teams from China and Nepal used everything from old-fashioned trigonometry and surveying equipment like the theodolite, to satellite positioning and gravity meters. — Eric Bellman, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020 Since few referees are equipped with theodolites, enforcing this rule has been hard. — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019 By the 1930s, theodolites were supplemented with cameras and ground expeditions with aerial photography. — Ipsita Chakravarty, Quartz India, 10 June 2019 These models are used in conjunction with a digital theodolite that measures vertical and horizontal to record the features archaeological sites, according to Darnell. — James Rogers, Fox News, 22 June 2017 See More

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