COLLIMATION

, Line of, in a telescope, is a line passing through the intersection of those wires that are fixed in the focus of the object-glass, and the centre of the same glass.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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COEFFICIENTS
COFFER
COFFER
COHESION
COLD
* COLLIMATION
COLLINS (John)
COLLISION
COLONNADE
COLOUR
COLUMN