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NIVEAU COLLIERS [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1990-11-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Surveying Instruments
- Optical Instruments
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- level with clamps
1, record 1, English, level%20with%20clamps
proposal
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Proposal modelled on "level with reversible telescope", seen in source GEOME. 1, record 1, English, - level%20with%20clamps
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Surveying instruments. ... The "American transit" is essentially a telescope and is usually equipped with a level and stadia hairs .... The telescope can be rotated in elevation and turned completely over, from direct to reversed. The aim in a vertical plane is controlled by the "elevation motion", a clamp with a tangent screw. Two spirit levels on the "upper plate" indicate when the instrument is leveled .... 2, record 1, English, - level%20with%20clamps
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Instruments d'arpentage
- Instruments d'optique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- niveau à colliers
1, record 1, French, niveau%20%C3%A0%20colliers
masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
"niveaux à lunette" [en anglais : "telescopic level"] : Ces niveaux peuvent comporter trois types de lunette : a. lunette avec niveau à pattes (ou à fiole mobile) se plaçant sur les colliers de la lunette, (...) 2, record 1, French, - niveau%20%C3%A0%20colliers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
"niveau à lunette" : instrument de visée constitué essentiellement d'une lunette horizontale fixée sur deux colliers horizontaux formant alidade. 3, record 1, French, - niveau%20%C3%A0%20colliers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les niveaux à lunette se composent essentiellement d'une embase avec un axe central vertical se terminant par trois branches munies de vis verticales; ils comprennent aussi une règle horizontale (alidade) tournant dans un plan horizontal avec l'axe et la lunette : celle-ci peut être reliée à l'alidade soit de façon fixe, soit de façon à tourner sur elle-même à l'intérieur de deux colliers cylindriques et coaxiaux. 4, record 1, French, - niveau%20%C3%A0%20colliers
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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