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A dividing engine is a device employed to mark graduations on measuring instruments.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividing engine | is a | device employed to mark graduations on measuring instruments | 0.90 | text |
| a protractor | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| astrolabe | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| sextant | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| theodolite | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| or setting circles for astronomical telescopes | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| the desire for ever greater precision has always existed | instance of | Whether it is a linear device such as a ruler or vernier or a circular device | 0.80 | text |
| the sextant that remained fully serviceable | instance of | it was possible to make instruments | 0.80 | text |
| of sufficient accuracy to be in use for a half century or more.The dividing engine was unique among developments in the manufacture of scientific instruments | instance of | it was possible to make instruments | 0.80 | text |
| as it was immediately accepted by all makers | instance of | it was possible to make instruments | 0.80 | text |
| Dividing engine | related to Refinements | Edward Troughton | 0.60 | section |
| Dividing engine | related to Refinements | Ramsden | 0.60 | section |
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