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Plane table   /pleɪn tˈeɪbəl/   Listen
Plane table

noun
1.
Surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details.





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"Plane table" Quotes from Famous Books



... side of the camp, though horses or mules for the same were not visible. Outside, near the door of one tent, stood a transit partially concealed by the enveloping rubber cover. Near another tent stood a plane table, used in field platting (drawing). Signs of life about the camp there were none, save for the presence ...
— The Young Engineers in Colorado • H. Irving Hancock


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