Saturday, August 22, 2009

Bow compass ... 圆规

bow_compass...Yuan_Gui

4 comments:

  1. We always just called it a "compass." I never heard the term bow compass before but that seems right. You learn something new every day.

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  2. Hi, Jeff :D
    Thanks for your comment! Oh, really? I just looked up it in "google images", "compass" and "bow compass" are pretty different:
    bow compass
    compass

    And it seems "bow compass" is a better term for the stuff that the drawing is talking about, what do you think?

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  3. Hi, Mr Mars:

    Well, the word compass is used for those two different things. (It's usually clear from the context which one someone is talking about.)

    I think the term bow compass is better also. :)

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  4. Oh, I see. I didn't know something about "context", sounds complex, you know, I'm from the Mars, haha. Thanks for figuring it out!

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