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DrPanguitch | 17:46 Sun 09th Nov 2008 | Crosswords
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Is a tool for measuring angles called a Theodolite or a Protractor?

Also, what is an alpine plant with tiny starlike flowers which is the unofficial national flower of Switzerland
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Both a theodolite and a protractor measure angles - but a theodolite is set up on a tripod and is used *out in the field* by surveyors for both measuring angles and setting out points (for say buildings or roads, yet to be constructed). More commonly used these days though is a *total station* or EDM - Electronic Distance Measurement which measures both angles horizontally and vertically, as well as distances. A protractor is a semicircular piece of plastic used by a million schoolchildren to measure angles on pieces of paper.

Alpine Plant - Edelweiss ?

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