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2. Tripod (surveying) - Wikipedia

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   Tripod (surveying) A surveyor's tripod with a shoulder strap. The head of the tripod supports the instrument while the feet are spiked to anchor the tripod to the ground. A surveyor's tripod is a device used to support any one of a number of surveying instruments, such as theodolites, total stations, levels or transits.

3. Levelling - Wikipedia

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   Levelling or leveling (American English; see spelling differences) is a branch of surveying, the object of which is to establish or verify or measure the height of specified points relative to a datum. It is widely used in geodesy and cartography to measure vertical position with respect to a vertical datum, and in construction to measure ...

4. Wing Enterprises - Wikipedia

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   littlegiantladders.com. Wing Enterprises is an American company headquartered in Springville, Utah company, the largest American manufacturer of ladders as of 2005. [1] The company produces the Little Giant Ladder System, a convertible aluminium ladder system. The founder of Wing Enterprises, Harold Ray "Hal" Wing, came across a prototype of ...

5. Self-levelling suspension - Wikipedia

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   Self-levelling suspension lifts the rear end of the vehicle up to spread out the weight more evenly. This puts the weight back onto the front end of the vehicle, which lets the brakes do their job more effectively. [3] This is nonsense as this effect may only be achieved by changing load/cargo distribution. Raising or lowering a suspension and ...

6. Compass (drawing tool) - Wikipedia

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   Compasses are usually made of metal or plastic, and consist of two "legs" connected by a hinge which can be adjusted to allow changing of the radius of the circle drawn. . Typically one leg has a spike at its end for anchoring, and the other leg holds a drawing tool, such as a pencil, a short length of just pencil lead or sometimes a

7. 'Stay out of our doctor's offices': Watch Sen. Tammy ... - AOL

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   U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) waves to the audience on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.

8. Leg mechanism - Wikipedia

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   Leg mechanism. Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms. A leg mechanism (walking mechanism) is a mechanical system designed to provide a propulsive force by intermittent frictional contact with the ground. This is in contrast with wheels or continuous tracks which are intended to maintain continuous frictional contact ...

9. Adjustable spanner - Wikipedia

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   An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand), [1] English wrench (Turkey) [2] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed ...