sounding machine


nounNavigation.
  1. any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.

Origin of sounding machine

1
First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use sounding machine in a sentence

  • We soon learnt to handle both vessel and sounding machine in such a way as to entail the least possible strain on the wire.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • A story is told in connection with this sounding-machine which shows the vivacity and wit of the inventor.

    Makers of Electricity | Brother Potamian
  • See that log lines, sounding machine, etc., are in order for instant use.

    Lectures in Navigation | Ernest Gallaudet Draper
  • The marks are now nearly superseded by Massey's patent sounding-machine.

    The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
  • We picked up the edge of this bank with our sounding machine, and steering north half a mile, laid our mines in latitude--No!