Heliostat - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: heliostatHeliostat
An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period also a geodetic heliotrope...
Siderostat
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction a more general term for heliostat...
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