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Record 1 1990-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Optical Instruments
OBS

The engineer's dumpy level has the telescope rigidly attached to the supporting yoke. Another type, the tilting level, has a circular or bull's-eye bubble for approximate leveling of the instrument; a micrometer screw then inclines the telescope for final centering of the tubular bubble, which is seen through a prism at the instant the rod is read. A most recent type is the self-leveling or automatic level ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
  • Instruments d'optique

Spanish

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