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  2. Level staff - Wikipedia

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    Level staff. A level staff, also called levelling rod, is a graduated wooden or aluminium rod, used with a levelling instrument to determine the difference in height between points or heights of points above a vertical datum. When used for stadiametric rangefinding, the level staff is called a stadia rod.

  3. Philadelphia rod - Wikipedia

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    A Philadelphia rod is a level staff used in surveying. The rod is used in levelling procedures to determine elevations and is read using a level. A Philadelphia rod consists of two sliding sections graduated in hundredths of a foot. On the front of the rod the graduation increasing from zero at the bottom. On the back of the rod the graduation ...

  4. Levelling - Wikipedia

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    Levelling or leveling (American English; see spelling differences) is a branch of surveying, the object of which is to establish or verify or measure the height of specified points relative to a datum. It is widely used in geodesy and cartography to measure vertical position with respect to a vertical datum, and in construction to measure ...

  5. Glossary of levelling terms - Wikipedia

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    Levelling – measurement of geodetic height using an optical levelling instrument and a level staff or rod having a numbered scale. Common levelling instruments include the spirit level, the dumpy level, the digital level, and the laser level. Levelling staff – specialized measuring stick or vertical staff used with the dumpy level, held by ...

  6. Stadia mark - Wikipedia

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    Stadia marks on a crosshair while viewing a metric levelling rod. The top mark is at 1.500 m and the lower is at 1.345 m. The difference between the rod readings is 0.155 m, yielding a distance to the rod of 15.5 m. A typical surveyor's instrument reticle has two pairs of stadia marks. One pair are on the horizontal centreline and the other on ...

  7. Level (optical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Level (optical instrument) A level is an optical instrument used to establish or verify points in the same horizontal plane in a process known as levelling. It is used in conjunction with a levelling staff to establish the relative height or levels (the vertical separation) of objects or marks. It is widely used in surveying and construction to ...

  8. M249 light machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M249 SAW is manufactured in the United States by the subsidiary FN Manufacturing LLC, a company in Columbia, South Carolina (FN America), and is widely used in the U.S. Armed Forces. The weapon was introduced in 1984 to address a lack of sustained automatic fire capability at the squad level. The M249 SAW combines the rate of fire of a ...

  9. ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Anchors Colin Jost, Michael Che to Host ...

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    Peacock is getting into the live comedy business and tapping “Saturday Night Live” stars Colin Jost and Michael Che to host the event. “Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark ...