A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal
angles and bearings; a surveyors compass. It consists of a compass
whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal
brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for
sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

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