- Theodolite — 2017-07-05 08:57:22
…t measuring and speedy reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes.^^ {{Image url="Digges_Tectonicon.jpg" class="left" title="Digges Tectonicon a 1634 edition originally published in 1556." width="350" }}Digge…
…rought his fathers achievements to the world's attention. As well as being a cartographer his father was an inventor. Digges also independently invented the reflecting telescope, or the refracting telescope as part of his theodolite to improve …