The sun was now very low, and the edges of the sun and of Venus were by no means of that steady character which is suitable for Micrometrical measurement.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
You need not fear that the operator will make any mistake in this Micrometrical performance: her sting always slants towards the thorax, although the opposite inclination is just as practicable and easy.
"More Hunting Wasps"
J. Henri Fabre