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  2. List of weather instruments - Wikipedia

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    Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time; Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction; Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction; Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation; Disdrometer for measuring drop ...

  3. Water metering - Wikipedia

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    For example, if one rotation of the hand is 10 gallons, the sweep hand is on 7, and the wheel display shows 123456 plus a fixed zero, the actual total usage would be 1,234,567 gallons. In the United States most utilities bill only to the nearest 100 or 1,000 gallons (10 to 100 ft 3 , 1 to 10 m 3 ), and often only read the leftmost 4 or 5 ...

  4. Go/no-go gauge - Wikipedia

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    Hardened and ground plug gauge Replaceable thread and plug gauges. These gauges are referred to as plug gauges; they are used in the manner of a plug.They are generally assembled from standard parts, where the gauge portion is interchangeable with other gauge pieces (obtained from a set of pin type gauge blocks) and a body that uses the collet principle to hold the gauges firmly.

  5. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    Short-radius (or regular) 45° elbow (copper sweat) Long-radius (or sweep) 90° elbow (copper sweat) An elbow is installed between two lengths of pipe (or tubing) to allow a change of direction, usually a 90° or 45° angle; 22.5° elbows are also available. The ends may be machined for butt welding, threaded (usually female), or socketed. When ...

  6. Snap gauge - Wikipedia

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    Snap go/no go gauge and indicator snap gauge. A snap gauge is a form of go/no go gauge.It is a limit gauge with permanently or temporarily fixed measurement aperture(s) (gaps) which is used to quickly verify whether an outside dimension of a part matches a preset dimension or falls within predefined tolerances.

  7. Hydrographic survey - Wikipedia

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    A nostalgic 1985 sketch of hydrographic surveying in Alaska. A ship for updating nautical charts. Neptune, a privately owned survey ship based in Chicago, Illinois. Clintons Northern Storm in the harbour of Ystad 7 July 2021.

  8. Gauge block - Wikipedia

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    Gauge blocks (also known as gage blocks, Johansson gauges, slip gauges, or Jo blocks) are a system for producing precision lengths. The individual gauge block is a metal or ceramic block that has been precision ground and lapped to a specific thickness. Gauge blocks come in sets of blocks with a range of standard lengths.

  9. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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    There are also some extreme narrow-gauge railways listed. See: Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum-gauge railway for clarification. Model railway gauges are covered in rail transport modelling scales. Train with model Southern Railway Schools class Triple-gauge pointwork (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in, 5 in, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) on ...