filar
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The method of observing which Brünnow employed was quite different from that of Struve, though the filar micrometer was used in both cases.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
To Bouguer in 1748 is due the true conception of measurement by double image without the auxiliary aid of a filar micrometer, viz. by changing the distance between two object-glasses of equal focus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
Place the filar micrometer and the stage micrometer in their respective positions.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
Rotate the screw of the filar micrometer until the movable wire coincides with the fixed one, and the index marks zero on the drum head.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
In the filar micrometer two spider lines are parallel, and one intersects them at right angles.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
