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Definition of Heliotropes
1. heliotrope [n] - See also: heliotrope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliotropes
Literary usage of Heliotropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"heliotropes. — On lines which are much longer than ten or ... heliotropes are
used not only to show the position of the station but also for the purpose of ..."
2. Geodesy: Including Astronomical Observations, Gravity Measurements, and by George Leonard Hosmer (1919)
"heliotropes. When sighting over longer lines it is necessary to use heliotrope
signals if observing by day, and acetylene lights if observing by night ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"heliotropes Seeds should be sown in heat, about March, in pots of light loam.
In June the young plants should be gradually hardened, and planted out about ..."
4. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie, Cady Staley (1897)
"... from left to right, the correction for phase is minus when the sun is to the
right of the signal and plus when it is on the left. 597. heliotropes. ..."
5. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"heliotropes.—When it becomes necessary to use lines of greater length than 25 or
30 miles, the ordinary signal, no matter what its size, often becomes ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1904)
"heliotropes.—When the distance between stations is such that, owing to the
distance, the state of the atmosphere, or the small size of the objective used, ..."
7. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1856)
"NEW heliotropes.—Q,uite a large number of new varieties of this fragrant and
admired flower have been produced by the French cultivators, but, ..."
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