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  2. Lewis (lifting appliance) - Wikipedia

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    A three-legged lewis, also known as a dovetailed lewis, St Peter's keys, or a Wilson bolt, fits into a dovetailed seating in the top of a building stone. It is made from three pieces of rectangular-section 13 mm (0.51 in)-thick steel legs held together with a shackle, allowing connection to a lifting hook.

  3. Inclinometer - Wikipedia

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    An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope, elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity's direction. It is also known as a tilt indicator , tilt sensor , tilt meter , slope alert , slope gauge , gradient meter , gradiometer , level gauge , level meter , declinometer , and pitch & roll ...

  4. Clinometer - Wikipedia

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  5. List of international units - Wikipedia

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    In other SI units SI: Physics: Basic: second [n 1] s: T: time: The duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom. s: SI: Physics: Basic: metre: m: L: length: The distance travelled by light in vacuum in ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ...

  6. RML 16-pounder 12 cwt - Wikipedia

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    A number of different fuzes could be used enabling shells to either burst at a pre-determined time (and range), or on impact. Guns were fired using a silk bag containing a black powder propellant. A typical rate of fire was one round per minute.

  7. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The undecimogramme is a unit of mass equal to ten picograms (10 pg). The gamma (γ) is a unit of mass equal to one microgram (1 μg). The gravet is a unit of mass equal to one gram (1 g). The grave is a unit of mass equal to one kilogram (1 kg). The bar is a unit of mass equal to one megagram (1 Mg).

  8. Theodolite - Wikipedia

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    The traditional use has been for land surveying, but it is also used extensively for building and infrastructure construction, and some specialized applications such as meteorology and rocket launching. [2] It consists of a moveable telescope mounted so it can rotate around horizontal and vertical axes and provide angular readouts. These ...

  9. Iron - Wikipedia

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    Iron(II) sulfate is used as a precursor to other iron compounds. It is also used to reduce chromate in cement. It is used to fortify foods and treat iron deficiency anemia. Iron(III) sulfate is used in settling minute sewage particles in tank water. Iron(II) chloride is used as a reducing flocculating agent, in the formation of iron complexes ...