The virtual or drawn line created by the straightedge is called an " index line " or " isopleth ".
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It is adjusted by hand, even with Arctic mittens, simply by rotating the top of the fuze clockwise until a 3-letter engraving is above an index line.
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EuropeanTime throughout Europe was electrically coordinated in the late 19th and the 20th century ny noting when stars passed the index line of a telescope at that observatory set on an axis along that Prime Meridian.