If he can't buck through a proposition, he'll triangulate around it.
"Out of the Primitive"
Robert Ames Bennet
He wished there were some way to triangulate its height and so on, but he had no need for that kind of thing, so he hadn't the equipment.
"Anything You Can Do"
Gordon Randall Garrett
He wished there were some way to triangulate its height, velocity, and so on, but he had no need for that kind of thing, so he hadn't the equipment.
"Anything You Can Do ..."
Gordon Randall Garrett