Sometimes the kites are invisible from almost the time they leave the earth until their return, but when the upper kites are visible it is necessary to observe them with theodolites every few minutes.
The angles were observed with theodolites of 12 and 15 in.
The theodolites used for this work were, in addition to the two great theodolites of Ramsden which were used by General Roy and Captain Kater, a smaller theodolite of 18 in.
In the great trigonometrical survey of India the theodolites used in the more important parts of the work have been of 2 and 3 ft.
The theodolites used in geodesy vary in pattern and in size--the horizontal circles ranging from 10 in.
The Pyramids of Egypt theTheodolites of the Egyptian Land Surveyors 41 ยง10.
The very thought of these mighty theodolites of the old Egyptians fills me with wonder and reverence.
I claim, therefore, that the theory I have set up, that the pyramids were the theodolitesof the Egyptians, is sound.
Observers are placed at A and B with theodolites or box sextants.
In wider streams the use of ropes to mark the length of run is impossible, and recourse must be had to box sextants or theodolites to mark the path of the floats.
In extensive surveys of the Mississippi observers with theodolites were stationed at A and B.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theodolites" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
