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SPHEROGRAPH: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spher"o*graph\, n. [Sphere + -graph.]
An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics
in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two
cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each
other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle
may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off
by inspection.
 

 

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