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  2. Plane table - Wikipedia

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    The mount allows the table to be levelled. On the table, the alidade with telescopic sight is seen. A plane table consists of a smooth table surface mounted on a sturdy base. The connection between the table top and the base permits one to level the table precisely, using bubble levels, in a horizontal plane. The base, a tripod, is designed to ...

  3. Temporary adjustments of theodolites - Wikipedia

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    It is done for each independent observation to bring the image of the object in the plane of cross hairs. It includes following steps of operation: First, direct the telescope towards the object for observation. Next, turn the focusing screw until the image of the object appears clear and sharp as the observer looks through properly focused eye ...

  4. Theodolite - Wikipedia

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    Photogrammetric block adjustment of stereo pairs of aerial photographs is a modern, three-dimensional variant. In the late 1780s, Jesse Ramsden , a Yorkshireman from Halifax , England who had developed the dividing engine for dividing angular scales accurately to within a second of arc (≈ 0.0048 mrad or 4.8 μrad), was commissioned to build a ...

  5. Level (optical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Modern automatic level in use on a construction site. A level is an optical instrument used to establish or verify points in the same horizontal plane in a process known as levelling. It is used in conjunction with a levelling staff to establish the relative height or levels (the vertical separation) of objects or marks.

  6. Levelling - Wikipedia

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    The complete unit is normally mounted on a tripod, and the telescope can freely rotate 360° in a horizontal plane. The surveyor adjusts the instrument's level by coarse adjustment of the tripod legs and fine adjustment using three precision levelling screws on the instrument to make the rotational plane horizontal.

  7. Barn Cat Blows Off Work To Hang With Senior Horse Best ... - AOL

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    In this video, we meet Peaches, an average barn cat who doesn’t mind blowing off work to chill with her BFF, a senior horse.Though Peaches was adopted and given a home in this family’s barn to ...

  8. Brooks Nader Steps Out in Nearly Nude Top and Diamond on ...

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    Brooks Nader's recent ring choice is raising eyebrows.. The 28-year-old model is sparking engagement rumors after she was spotted wearing a ring with a large pear-shaped diamond at the center when ...

  9. Submittals (construction) - Wikipedia

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    A sample is a physical portion of the specified product. Some samples are full product samples, such as a brick or section of precast concrete, or a partial sample that indicates color or texture. [2] The product sample is often required when several products are acceptable, to confirm the quality and aesthetic level of the material.