Gunter Rig - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: gunter rigGunter rig
A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast...
Gunters scale
A scale invented by the Rev Edmund Gunter 1581 1626 a professor of astronomy at Gresham College London who invented also Gunters chain and Gunters quadrant...
Gunters chain
The chain ordinarily used in measuring land See Chain n 4 and Gunters scale...
Gunters line
A logarithmic line on Gunters scale used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers called also line of lines and line of numbers...
Gunters quadrant
A thin quadrant made of brass wood etc showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator By it are found the hour of the day the suns azimuth the altitude of objects in degrees etc See Gunters scale...
jury rigged
Rigged for temporary service done or made using whatever materials are available makeshift as the survivors used jury rigged fishing gear See Jury a...
Cat rigged
Rigged like a catboat...
Jury rig
to rig for temporary service to construct flimsily and in makeshift fashion See Jury a...
lateen rig
the rig on a sailing vessel with a lateen sail...
lateen rigged
rigged with a triangular lateen sail...
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