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GUNTER'S QUADRANT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gun"ter's quad`rant\
A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a
stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it
are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the
altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See {Gunter's scale}.
 

 

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