"archipendulum" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1735, John Barrow, Dictionarium Polygraphicum:",
          "text": "ETHICKS is represented in painting by a lady of a sober, grave aspect, holding the instrument archipendulum in one hand, with the other a lion bridled.",
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          "ref": "2010, Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell, The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti, page 107:",
          "text": "Alberti's equilibra, which he uses first for the levelling of water and later for the weighing of small objects, is really a makeshift archipendulum.",
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          "ref": "2021, Richard de Grasse, The Influence of Stonehenge on Minoan Navigation and Trade in Europe, page 59:",
          "text": "The altitude/angle of Polaris could be measured by either the cross-staff aboard a vessel at sea, or an archipendulum on shore at a stone circle megalith.",
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        "An ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar."
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