clinograph
(ˈklaɪnəʊgrɑːf, -græf)
[f. clino- + -graph.]
1. (See quot. 1888.) Now disused.
| 1885 Engineering XXXIX. 335/3 The clinograph will no doubt detect errors in a bore, and..map accurately the path, however tortuous, of a drill. 1888 Athenæum 14 Apr. 472/3 The ingenious clinograph of Mr. Macgeorge—an instrument for ascertaining the deflection of a bore-hole. |
2. A form of adjustable set square, not graduated to show angles.
| 1904 Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 110/2 The clinograph is invaluable in graphic calculation in statics. |
3. Seismology. An instrument for measuring changes in inclination.
| 1933 R. Takahasi in Bull. Earthquake Res. Inst. (Japan) IX. 26 A pair of clinographs was installed..at the north slope of the mountain and the tilt of the earth's crust was observed. Ibid., The clinograph is essentially a horizontal pendulum made of fused quartz. |
4. = clinographic curve.
| 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. XC. 59 Hypsograph and clinograph for the whole region. |