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  2. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

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    Telescopic fishing rods are designed to collapse down to a short length and open to a long rod. 20-or-30-foot (6 or 9 m) rods can close to as little as one and a half feet (45 cm). This makes the rods very easy to transport to remote areas or travel on buses, compact cars, or public buses and subways.

  3. Level staff - Wikipedia

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    Topographer's rods are special purpose rods used in topographical surveys. The rod has the zero mark at mid-height and the graduations increase in both directions away from the mid-height. In use, the rod is adjusted so that the zero point is level with the instrument (or the surveyor's eye if he is using a hand level for low-resolution work).

  4. M240 machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The Barrett 240LWS features a removable and telescoping buttstock that has six adjustable positions. It differs from the buttstock of the 240LW by being half of its size in length, and doesn't have a polymer cheek piece. There are two telescoping rods that allow the buttstock to be extended to the desired position when depressed from the top ...

  5. Angling - Wikipedia

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    A fishing rod is a long, thin stick/pole that acts as an extended lever and allows the angler to amplify line movements while luring and pulling the fish. It also enhances casting distance by lengthening the swing radius (compared to that of a human arm ) and increasing the launch speed of the terminal tackles (the hook, bait/lure, and other co ...

  6. Telescopic cylinder - Wikipedia

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    Telescopic cylinders are also referred to as telescoping cylinders and multi-stage telescopic cylinders. An application for telescopic cylinders commonly seen is that of the dump body on a dump truck used in a construction site. In order to empty the load of gravel completely, the dump body must be raised to an angle of about 60 degrees.

  7. Crank (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    The rapid adoption of the compound crank can be traced in the works of the Anonymous of the Hussite Wars, an unknown German engineer writing on the state of the military technology of his day: first, the connecting-rod, applied to cranks, reappeared, second, double compound cranks also began to be equipped with connecting-rods and third, the ...