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an early Gunterās scale
photograph: Museum of the History of Science ā Broad Street, Oxford
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MEANINGĀ of according to Gunter: correctly; reliably (synonym:Ā according to Cocker)
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ORIGIN
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Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) was an English mathematician who improved or invented several instruments which bear his name:
āĀ Gunterās chain: a chain of 4 polesā length used in land-surveying;
āĀ Gunterās quadrant: an apparatus for finding the hour of the day, the azimuth, etc.;
āĀ Gunterās scale, also calledĀ Gu