omnimeter

[Pref. omni-, and Gr. metron =a measure.] A surveying apparatus made public in September, 1869, by Eckhold, a German, to supersede chain-measuring. It consisted of a theodolite and a level, a telescope and ( Haydn .) microscope. *om-nip-ar-ent, s. [Pref. omni-, and English parent .] Parent of all. ( Davies : Holy Roode, p. 12.)