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Antiquated Instruments of Precise Quantification
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Across
- 1. Rotating star map projecting heavens onto a flat plane
- 2. Archive tool measuring oscillations in material structures
- 3. Old instrument for counting steps or pacing precise distances
- 4. Angular measure tool, once dominion of surveyors and dentists
- 5. Obsolete term for an instrument measuring across celestial crowns
- 6. Study and measurement of atmospheric weight, now overshadowed
- 8. Obsolete light-based measure once used in early photography
- 9. Navigator’s angle-slicer for maritime voyage calibration
- 13. Bronze tube used in the past to gauge gas pressure subtly
- 15. Imagined four-dimensional measure, historically explored by mystics
- 17. Barometer sans liquid, archaic air-pressure gauge device
Down
- 7. Device measuring rotational force, archaic but formerly vital
- 10. Tiny ruler once favored by scribes for minute linear checks
- 11. Altitude deduced through boiling point’s thermal whisper
- 12. Eighth-part navigational device slicing the horizon sphere
- 14. Historical instrument for pinpointing star cusp and angular limits
- 16. Ancient celestial calculator revealing star positions and time
- 18. Measuring vessel for precise transfer, often of wine or liquids
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