"What has 5 legs but 6 feet, 3 arms but only 2 hands, and 3 faces all on one head?"
?'Theodolite'
Instrument for the measurement of horizontal and vertical angles, used in surveying. It consists of a small telescope mounted so as to move on two graduated circles, one horizontal and the other vertical, while its axes pass through the centre of the circles.
"What has 5 legs but 6 feet,"
A theodolite is mounted on a tripod (3) plus the operator (2) by means of a forced centering plate, this can extend to 6 feet in height,
"3 arms but only 2 hands"
containing three thumbscrews (arms) for rapid levelling. The operator has 2 hands.
"3 faces all on one head"
Two graduated circles, (faces) one horizontal and the other vertical. Plus the face of the operator.
However, since theo- means God, it could just as well be the trinity etc.
Working with the numbers, and the frequency of use, this was as far as I got.
18 ~[23](12){13}.7 ~1.6.{13}(12).4 ~26{13}[23] ~{13}22.18.7.19.22.9 ~[23](12)~2(12)6
I R e a d a e a r a _ i d r e e
12 x 4 (e)
13 x 4 (a)
23 x 3 (r)
Code:E 11.1607% 56.88 M 3.0129% 15.36
A 8.4966% 43.31 H 3.0034% 15.31
R 7.5809% 38.64 G 2.4705% 12.59
I 7.5448% 38.45 B 2.0720% 10.56
O 7.1635% 36.51 F 1.8121% 9.24
T 6.9509% 35.43 Y 1.7779% 9.06
N 6.6544% 33.92 W 1.2899% 6.57
S 5.7351% 29.23 K 1.1016% 5.61
L 5.4893% 27.98 V 1.0074% 5.13
C 4.5388% 23.13 X 0.2902% 1.48
U 3.6308% 18.51 Z 0.2722% 1.39
D 3.3844% 17.25 J 0.1965% 1.00
P 3.1671% 16.14 Q 0.1962% (1)
"if you get this right i will treat you to dinner at Bojangles."
Is it worth a BIG mac?
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