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Definition of Tacheometer
1. Noun. A theodolite designed for rapid measurements.
Definition of Tacheometer
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of tachymeter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacheometer
Literary usage of Tacheometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough, Harry Dean (1920)
"The Mayer and Wiesmann tacheometer. — For surveying operations in the Simplon
tunnel, ... Mayer and Wiesmann designed a tacheometer, resembling an ordinary ..."
2. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"By NEIL KENNEDY, M. Inst. CE THE use of the tacheometer is common on the continent
of Europe ... The tacheometer is simply a transit theodolite ..."
3. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett H. Brough (1889)
"The tacheometer is nothing more than a theodolite with a concentric ... Though not
indispensable for a tacheometer, this division is very convenient. ..."
4. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough (1908)
"The Dunbar-Scott Mine tacheometer.—Mr. Dunbar D. Scott has successfully ...
Dunbar-Scott Mine tacheometer. adjustable auxiliary telescope to the mine ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"A New Form of tacheometer or Range Finder. By EA REEVES, FRAS This instrument
consists of an ordinary inverting telescope mounted on a glide, much like the ..."
6. A Treatise on Surveying by Reginald Empson Middleton, Osbert Chadwick, J. du T. Bogle (1911)
"The tacheometer, as originally invented by Green in 1778, „ * was in reality a
theodolite, having a pair of lines ruled upon ..."
7. Surveying, as Practiced by Civil Engineers and Surveyors ...: Intended as a by John Whitelaw (1902)
"There can be no doubt that the tacheometer or stadia system is the best for
preliminary surveys undertaken for the location of a road or railway or other ..."
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