Gunter's scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides.

/ˌɡʌntəz ˈskeɪl/ /ˌɡʊn-/ /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈskeɪl/ [-ɾɚz-]

Gunter's scale Gunter's scales

From Gunter + -'s + scale, from the surname of its inventor, the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628).

Gunter's rule

Gunter's chain Gunter's line Gunter's proportion Gunter's quadrant Gunter's rule

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