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Not long ago I posted about "alidade" a device for taking navigational bearings. measuring the horizontal azimuth. Today I encountered "pelorus" another name for such a device.Dictionary says it is an eponym. pelorus n. 5? after L Pelorus, pilot of Hannibal‘s ship6 Naut. a device for taking bearings, consisting of a flat metal ring, equipped with sighting vanes or a small telescope, that fits over a compass card or gyrocompass
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Oh my. And here I wanted Alidade to be a big city in Australia, and pelorus the distal end of the stomach... (See, Hogwarts is wherever you want it to be! )
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Dear wofahulicodoc: you got those back-azimuth.
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