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It is read off the azimuth scale, possibly magnified with a so-called microscope. say, 32 degrees, ll minutes. finer degrees of reading-out are possible with some types. This type of theodolite operation is not too different in principle than taking bearings on objects with a magnetic compass, and reading off the direction in degrees.

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