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MIRE NIVELLEMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

leveling rod: an item in the "Surveying and Navigational Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

mire de nivellement : objet de la classe «Équipement de navigation» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
DEF

A straight rod or bar used for measuring a vertical distance between a point on the ground and the line of collimation of a leveling instrument which has been adjusted to a horizontal position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
DEF

Mire parlante de trois à quatre mètres, utilisée en nivellement.

OBS

Mire parlante : règle plate portant une graduation centimétrique très stable et que l'on dispose sur les points dont on veut déterminer la position ou l'altitude, la graduation servant à lire la distance ou à déduire la dénivelée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

A two-piece rod with fixed target on one end. The target is adjusted in elevation by moving one part of the rod on the other. Read by vernier. For heights greater than 5½ feet, the target en is up; for lesser heights, the target end is down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Mire de nivellement en 2 parties avec mire fixe à chaque extrémité. La longueur s'obtient par coulissement d'une partie sur l'autre. Lecture par vernier.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
Key term(s)
  • sectional fibreglass survey level rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
OBS

La mire est une règle graduée employée lors du nivellement des terrains. Elle est en fibre de verre, télescopique, à sections munies de crans d'arrêt, mesure quatre (4) ou huit (8) mètres et est graduée en centimètres.

Spanish

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