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Device that allows one to sight a distant object
An alidade (/ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/) (archaic forms include alhidade, alhidad, alidad)[citation needed] or a turning board is a device that allows one to sight a
Alidade
Nautical navigational instrument
proper, the mariner's astrolabe was rather a graduated circle with an alidade used to measure vertical angles. They were designed to allow for their
Mariner's_astrolabe
Instruments used in surveying include: Alidade Alidade table Cosmolabe Dioptra Dumpy level Engineer's chain Geodimeter Graphometer Groma (surveying) Laser
List_of_surveying_instruments
Device used in surveying
drawing sheet is attached to the surface and an alidade is used to sight objects of interest. The alidade, in modern examples of the instrument a rule with
Plane_table
Astronomical instrument
graduation of 360 degrees around the back edge. The alidade is attached to the back face. An alidade can be seen in the lower right illustration of the
Astrolabe
Purported ghost lights near Brown Mountain, North Carolina
area. In 1922, a USGS scientist, George R. Mansfield, used a map and an alidade telescope to prove that the lights that were being seen were trains, car
Brown_Mountain_lights
Measuring instrument in Astronomy
position, only the position of the alidade or similar index need be determined. In that case, the observer moved the alidade until the object of interest is
Sextant_(astronomy)
Alpine lake in the state of Idaho
Alidade Lake is a small alpine lake in Elmore County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Alidade_Lake
Classical surveying instrument from the 3rd century BCE
can be compared to other contemporary instruments such as the groma, the alidade, and the later theodolite. While the groma was primarily used for laying
Dioptra
French bullpup assault rifle
the antipersonnel APAV40 and the anti-tank AC58. The FAMAS features two alidades for aiming rifle grenades with several modes: direct fire at 75 to 100 m
FAMAS
Method of determining a location
sighting rod that the Greeks called a dioptra, the forerunner of the Arabic alidade. A detailed contemporary collection of constructions for the determination
Triangulation
Stream in Idaho, USA
Alidade Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is a tributary of Johnson Creek. Alidade Creek was named after the alidade, a surveying instrument
Alidade_Creek
sky, such as Aldebaran, Altair and Deneb, and astronomical terms such as alidade, azimuth, and nadir, are still referred to by their Arabic names. A large
Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world
Astronomy_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world
Early astronomical instrument
season. This ring is often equipped with vanes and pinholes for use as the alidade of a dioptra (see image). It can be used to measure declination. This ring
Astronomical_rings
Meteorological tool
(called the ceiling) above the ground. It is used in conjunction with an alidade, usually positioned 1000 ft (300 m) away and wherever possible set at the
Ceiling_projector
Line-of-sight device for locating fires
The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts to find a directional bearing (azimuth) to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a
Osborne_Fire_Finder
Visual aiming device
A circumferentor featuring a pair of slotted sights effectively constituting an alidade
Sight_(device)
Devices for observing, measuring or recording astronomical data
also used in navigation and surveying. Astronomical instruments include: Alidade: device that allows one to sight a distant object Armillary sphere: model
List of astronomical instruments
List_of_astronomical_instruments
Topics referred to by the same term
a form of interval estimation "Fiducial line" or "fiducial edge" of an alidade, an instrument used to measure the angle to a distant object Fiducial marker
Fiducial
Tool for angle measurement
accuracy of the instrument and not the sine error of the length of an alidade, as it is in a mariner's astrolabe or similar older instrument. A sextant
Sextant
Topics referred to by the same term
surveyor's angle measuring device A dioptra, an old surveying device An alidade A surgical speculum An instrument for drawing the skull by projections
Diopter_(disambiguation)
Surveying instrument for angle measurements
diameter a "box and needle" (compass) is fixed. On the same middle the alidade with two other sights is fitted. The device is mounted on a staff via a
Graphometer
Science of determining the positions of points and the distances and angles between them
the measurement of angles. It uses two separate circles, protractors or alidades to measure angles in the horizontal and the vertical plane. A telescope
Surveying
alguarismo, from al-Ḫuwārizmī, nickname of mathematician al-Khwarizmi الخوارزمي alidade : from Medieval Latin alhidada, alidada "rule of the astrolabe", itself
List of French words of Arabic origin
List_of_French_words_of_Arabic_origin
French dual-purpose rifle grenade
is capable of piercing 100 mm (3.9 in) of armour. The FAMAS provides an alidade sight for launching the grenade from 170 to 320 m (560 to 1,050 ft). The
APAV40
Optical instrument to verify horizontal points
screws (or wedge rings), attached to the tripod with a heart screw – and an alidade – a movable (rotatable) part. In automatic levels, the spirit level is
Level_(optical_instrument)
French rifle grenade
capable of piercing 350 mm (14 in) of armour. FAMAS provides a built in alidade-type device for aiming to 75 to 100 m (246 to 328 ft). The Luchaire Wasp
AC58
qat, "to cut". alicate: Pliers. From Arabic laqaat, "tongs". alidada: Alidade. From Andalusian Arabic al'idada [ʔlʕidˤaːda] (listen). alifa: Sugar cane
Influence of Arabic on Spanish
Influence_of_Arabic_on_Spanish
City in Michigan, United States
Bancorp, Reverie, BlackEagle Partners, Gregory J. Schwartz & Co., Inc., Alidade Capital, and Penske Automotive Group. According to the United States Census
Bloomfield_Hills,_Michigan
List Wikipedia article
Arabic-influenced book about Astrolabe instruments has alhaidada = "alidade" – ref (page 63). Alhidada = "alidade" is in Spanish in the 1270s in a set of astronomy books
List of English words of Arabic origin (A–B)
List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin_(A–B)
Town in Cumbria, England
roof, which is accessible by a crude flight of stone stairs, is a crude alidade or compass pointer allowing the easy identification of nearby peaks and
Grange-over-Sands
Astronomer and chairman of the city council of the Old Town of Gdańsk (1611–1687)
yet Hevelius demonstrated that he could do well with only quadrant and alidade. He is thus considered the last astronomer to do major work without the
Johannes_Hevelius
Fire lookout tower in Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area
the top where the lookout was posted with various equipment including an alidade device used to help locate the location of fire outbreaks. As constructed
Hickory_Ridge_Fire_Tower
Instrument to determine linear height of an object
used to determine the linear height of an object, in conjunction with the alidade, for angular observations. An early example was described in an Arabic
Shadow_square
Historic lookout in Colorado, United States
gave observers a 360-degree view of the land below. A plane table and alidade were never used in the small cupola. Communication to the lookout was by
Fairview Peak Lookout (Colorado)
Fairview_Peak_Lookout_(Colorado)
the measurement of magnetic declination on land with a compass and an alidade aimed at Polaris, and the observation of the angular altitude of a celestial
Jacques_de_Vaulx
Measuring tool used in navigation and astronomy
When an angle was measured, the circle and the division on which the alidade fell was noted. A table was then consulted to provide the exact measure
Nonius_(device)
Greek-French astronomer
1138, Bibliothèque de l'Observatoire de Paris - site de Paris (France), Alidade database, consulted 16 March 2018". Archived from the original on 23 February
E._M._Antoniadi
Optical surveying instrument
Greek derivations have been suggested as well as an English origin from alidade. The early forerunners of the theodolite were sometimes azimuth instruments
Theodolite
interactive and can be manipulated on screen by rotating the Rete and the Alidade using the mouse. Several curves and graphs are available: equation of time
Shadows_(software)
Nautical instrument
compass has a horizontal compass rose and an observation device: a pinnule, alidade or viewfinder that allows the user to observe the target and then by "changing
Bearing_compass
Navigation instrument
graduated in degrees. Along one edge there were two sights forming an alidade. A plumb bob was suspended by a line from the centre of the arc at the
Quadrant_(instrument)
the grid in equal intervals. By using an indicator such as a cursor or alidade, or by measuring using a pair of dividers with points on the same horizontal
Transversal (instrument making)
Transversal_(instrument_making)
Portuguese mathematician (1502–1578)
When an angle was measured, the circle and the division on which the alidade fell was noted. A table was then consulted to provide the exact measure
Pedro_Nunes
Measuring instrument used primarily in navigation; type of reflecting instrument
with a very bright horizon. The second horizon mirror and accompanying alidade is not provided. Caleb Smith, an English insurance broker with a strong
Octant_(instrument)
Alcatraz (meaning "gannet") from Arabic غطاس al-ġaţţās ("the diver") alidade via French, Spanish alidada and Medieval Latin alhidade from Arabic العهدة
List of English words of Spanish origin
List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin
fire towers, using an instrument called the Osborne Fire Finder, or an alidade, and topographical maps, trained fire observers are able to spot and triangulate
List of New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire towers
List_of_New_Jersey_Forest_Fire_Service_fire_towers
Italian scientific instrument maker
of the earth in 1791. Florence's Museo Galileo holds a specimen of an alidade for a clockmaker's lathe, made by Comelli. Miniati, Mara, ed. Museo di
Francesco_Comelli
(Genelle Williams), plays an important role in decoding the location of the alidade to Ferdinand Magellan's astrolabe. He and Leena also research the artifact
List of Warehouse 13 characters
List_of_Warehouse_13_characters
Technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument
taken with modern instruments such as transits, theodolites, plane-table alidades and levels. When using the stadia measuring method, a level staff or stadia
Stadiametric_rangefinding
French poet
alidades, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-919376-18-6) Bleu jour, les lieux dits, 2014, 2Rives series, with Caroline Coppey (ISBN 978-2-918113-21-8) à, alidades, 2015
Benoît_Gréan
German scientific instrument maker (1771–1826)
to one end of the horizontal axis and was read by four verniers on an "alidade circle," the unaltered position of which was tested by a spirit level.
Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach
Georg_Friedrich_von_Reichenbach
Dry lake bed in Death Valley National Park, California, United States
tracing fabric to the clay along specific paths. Baselines, aligned by alidade beside paths, marked stations at 25 or 50-foot intervals. Distances were
Racetrack_Playa
WW1 British field gun
indirect fire goniometric sights were adopted; these consisted of an alidade mounted on a circular scale graduated in degrees that was mounted on the
QF_18-pounder_gun
Archaic rapid surveying method
of a level staff known as a stadia rod with a theodolite or plane-table alidade. These use stadia marks on the instrument's reticle to measure the distance
Tacheometry
Topics referred to by the same term
Alidad may refer to: Alidade, a measuring device Alidad, Khuzestan, a village in Iran Alidad, Lorestan, a village in Iran This disambiguation page lists
Alidad
an astrolabe, circumferentor or similar instrument. It differs from an alidade in that it has no sighting vanes on it. In this latter detail, Elton's
Elton's_quadrant
Astrophotography software application
https://siril.org/download/1.4.2. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Alidade - Astro amateur". dulle.free.fr. Retrieved 2020-11-27. "Siril - Browse
Siril_(software)
Type of angle measuring device
yielding the elevation or altitude of the object. In smaller instruments, an alidade could be used. More modern mural instruments would use a telescope with
Mural_instrument
Dutch aviation company
aircraft, article from Daily News & Analysis, India Rekkof perto da re.alidade "GYN Online - Aviação em Goiás!: REKKOF não decolou em Anápolis". gynonline
Fokker_Next_Gen
Device for marking graduations on measuring instruments
existed. For every improvement in the measuring instruments, such as better alidades or the introduction of telescopic sights, the need for more exact graduations
Dividing_engine
French admiral (1899–1961)
East and the Far East for ten years, commanding the hydrographic vessel Alidade, then the gunboat Doudart de Lagrée on the Yangtze. After some time in
Philippe_Auboyneau
Radio telescope
steel alidade then supports the elevation wheel, which is in turn connected to the primary mirror backing structure. A room at the base of the alidade holds
Sardinia_Radio_Telescope
Overview of and topical guide to meteorology
daylight Ceiling projector – a device that is used, in conjunction with an alidade, to measure the height of the base of clouds Ceilometer – a device that
Outline_of_meteorology
Program to understand and manage US soils
generally unavailable and early soil surveyors used the plane table and alidade to develop their own base maps. Work for soil surveys was done at a mapping
National Cooperative Soil Survey
National_Cooperative_Soil_Survey
Methods in position finding
intersection method was used by forest agencies and others using specialized alidades to plot the (unknown) location of an observed forest fire from two or more
Position resection and intersection
Position_resection_and_intersection
illuminated spot then calculated by the observer using a clinometer or alidade. ceilometer An instrument that uses a laser transmitter or other light
Glossary_of_meteorology
Tool for finding true north through the positions of astronomical bodies
local time (by means of a clock) Setting the latitude Setting (in the alidade) the star's local hour angle (LHA) for that day obtained by means of tables
Astrocompass
thestatesman.com. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017. "Telescopic Alidade". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2024-03-14. ""Astronomical
List_of_astronomers
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection agency
these towers—using an instrument called the Osborne Fire Finder, or an alidade, and topographical maps—trained fire observers are able to spot and triangulate
New Jersey Forest Fire Service
New_Jersey_Forest_Fire_Service
American geologist
I.T. field school in the Adirondack Mountains learning to map with an alidade and plane table and to measure stream flow of the Ausable River with various
François_E._Matthes
Surveying tool to measure horizontal angles
stake out right angles, for example on a construction site. Graphometer Alidade Turner (1998). Scientific Instruments, 1500-1900: An Introduction. University
Circumferentor
County Alidade Lake 7,943 ft 2421 m 951 ft 290 m 0.78 mi 1.26 km 43°57′41″N 115°09′55″W / 43.961464°N 115.165225°W / 43.961464; -115.165225 (Alidade Lake)
List of lakes of the Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)
List_of_lakes_of_the_Sawtooth_Mountains_(Idaho)
Russian metarealist poet
1999 La vierge chevauchant Venise et moi sur son épaule: poèmes. Évian: Alidades, 2003 Olga Martynova, Jelena Schwarz. Rom liegt irgendwo in Russland. Zwei
Elena_Shvarts
Pennsylvania, 1902". World Digital Library. 1902. Retrieved 3 June 2013. "Telescopic Alidade". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
List_of_cartographers
Observation Station) Chesterfield 1917 fire tower was first in state to employ alidade to help triangulate location of fires. 89 Port Henry Fire Department Building
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New York
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Essex_County,_New_York
Medieval Arab astrologer
Toledan Tables Zij-i Ilkhani Zij-i Sultani Sullam al-sama' Instruments Alidade Analog computer Aperture Armillary sphere Astrolabe Astronomical clock
Abu_Ali_al-Khayyat
Survey method used in most of western Canada
approximately $400 worth of instruments. These instruments included an alidade, dumpy level, theodolite, Gunter's chain (which was replaced by a steel
Dominion_Land_Survey
French astronomer (1768–1846)
set of manuscripts from Damoiseau. See Manuscrits Damoiseau on http://alidade.obspm.fr Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Éphémérides nauticas
Marie-Charles_Damoiseau
Marks used to indicate points on a visual scale
traditionally seen on devices ranging from compasses and clock faces to alidades found on such instruments as telescopes, theodolites, inclinometers, astrolabes
Graduation_(scale)
Forest sacred to the Mijikenda people
order to map its boundaries and several tools such as ranging poles, an alidade, a plane table, a plumb bob, a compass, and a thirty-meter tape. He was
Kaya_(Mijikenda)
12th-century Castilian scholar
utilization of astrolabes. The introduction of an effective method of marking alidades, an integral component of astrolabes, was introduced through one of John's
John_of_Seville
Surveying instrument that uses the Sun's direction instead of magnetism
perpendicular to the time arc. Set the latitude of the location on a scale in the alidade. Set the approximate local time on the arc that rotates on a polar axis
Burt's_solar_compass
Archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean
la) Aéronavale (Monts de l') Aglaé (Lac) Ailefroide (L') Alicia (Lac) Alidade (Mont de l') Amphi (Glacier de l') Amphi (Rivière de l') Aphrodite (Lac)
Toponymy of the Kerguelen Islands
Toponymy_of_the_Kerguelen_Islands
Observatory in France
de l'Observatoire de Paris : Fonds Eugène Michel Antoniadi : Ms 1138", Alidade". Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2019-12-10. "Notice
Camille Flammarion Observatory
Camille_Flammarion_Observatory
American topographer with USGS
brother-in-law Almon Harris Thompson (1839-1906), Douglas helped redesign the alidade then in use by adding a telescope and the plane table by improving its
Edward_Morehouse_Douglas
Historic fire lookout tower in New York, United States
public as observation towers with interpretive materials, including an alidade in the tower cab. Two decades later, DEC initiated a $48,000 renovation
Hunter_Mountain_Fire_Tower
United States historic place
highest point, a square rock wall was built that surrounded a portable alidade on a stump. The first tower, a log cabin with an observation cupola, was
Salmon_Mountain_Lookout
35 1928 - 1935 Kerosene 6,500 lbs? 18-35 ZW 18 35 1935 - 1937 5,200 lbs Alidade 25-50 25 50 1928 - 1930 9,800 lbs Allbearing 30-60 30 60 1928 - 1937 10
Keck-Gonnerman_Co.
specialist technical words are included. For example, the technical word "alidade" comes from the Arabic name for an ancient measuring device used to determine
List of English words of Arabic origin (T–Z)
List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin_(T–Z)
German writer and publisher
trafic / Stimmen im Verkehr. Übersetzung ins Französische von Joël Vincent, Alidades | collection Bilingues, Thonon-les-Bains 2020, ISBN 978-2-919376-71-1.
Anton_G._Leitner
issue him binoculars. The new firetower was eventually equipped with an alidade to record compass bearings to smoke sightings and lightning strikes as
Thomas_William_Ah_Chow
Maps of the parishes of the generality of Paris surveyed from 1776 to 1791
measure angles, other instruments appeared: the planchette bearing an alidade, the graphometer, the theodolite or the quarter-circle. However, it is
Land registry of Bertier de Sauvigny
Land_registry_of_Bertier_de_Sauvigny
Shawky, Oriol Vilanova, Danh Vo, Raqs Media Collective. 15 - The Secrets of Alidades, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 8 - September 7, 2021. Exhibited artists: Qamar
Fabien_Danesi
Italian writer (1933–2020)
published in Italian; French translation and foreword by Olivier Favier, Alidades, Évian, 2008). In bilico (noi gli ebrei e anche gli altri). Venice, Marsilio
Aldo_Zargani
Luxembourgish writer (born 1950)
– Hagen interroge Siegfried sur les oiseaux, de Hans D. Gräf, Editions Alidades, Paris, 2010 – Maria Mariosh, de Reina Maria Rodriguez. Ed. Horizontes
Jean_Portante
American businessman, manufacturer
compared to those made in Europe. Negus instruments for sale included: alidades, binnacles, barometers, binoculars, chronometers, clinometers, clocks,
Thomas S. Negus (manufacturer)
Thomas_S._Negus_(manufacturer)
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Shining; Beaming; Radiant
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Indian, Muslim, Parsi, Turkish
Heart-ravishing
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Iranian, Jamaican, Muslim
Thankful; Grateful
Boy/Male
Muslim
Honorable or outstanding (1)
Boy/Male
Tamil
Big
Girl/Female
English
which is a.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Sweet-smelling Flower; Among Er Work is a Commentary on Surah Al-baqarah; She is Mentioned by Salahuddin Al-safdi in his Book as One of the Distinguished People of Egypt
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Graceful
Boy/Male
Indian, Jain
Cleft
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
The Son of God Sun
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
ALIDADE
n.
An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.
n.
The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument