azimuth

• He followed the azimuth, trusting it, because the terrain rose and led him away from the blizzard. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
• Petrie's statement in Medum as to the passage-angle of Senefru's pyramid completes a chain of astronomical evidence proving the commencement of the IV Dynasty to have been very approximately 3700 B.C The entrance passage of the Medum pyramid has a polar distance allowing for the azimuth error of the passage) of about 45 and, if intended for observation of a circumpolar star, fixes the date of the structure within not very wide limits. —  The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
• In the morning we took the sun's azimuth: between 7 and 8 degrees to northward, the rise being 16 degrees. —  The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
• In the morning I took the sun's azimuth: between 9 and 10 degrees to northward, the rise being 16˝ degrees, remains 7˝ degrees. —  The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
• The slow movement in azimuth is given in like manner by rotating the rod h'e'_, the lantern-wheel at the end of which turns a crown-wheel on whose axle is a pinion-wheel working in the teeth of the circle c_. —  Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.

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