Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Mural Arch

MURAL ARCH, a wall, or walled arch, placed exactly in the plane of the meridian line for fixing a large quadrant, sextant, or other instrument, to observe the meridian altitudes, etc., of the heavenly bodies.

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