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  2. Tripod (surveying) - Wikipedia

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    This shows a surveyor's tripod's foot. The platform is used to push the spike into the ground. Above the foot is the height adjustment. The tripod is placed in the location where it is needed. The surveyor will press down on the legs' platforms to securely anchor the legs in soil or to force the feet to a low position on uneven, pock-marked ...

  3. Tribrach (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The device consists of two triangular metal plates connected at their corners by leveling thumbscrews, a bubble level, a locking mechanism and often an optical plummet. The centre of the bottom plate of the tribrach has a 5/8-11 UNC thread bolt hole which is used to attach the tribrach to the tripod. The top plate has three small holes or slots ...

  4. Temporary adjustments of theodolites - Wikipedia

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    Leveling of an instrument is done to make its vertical axis adjusted with respect to the apparent force of gravity at the station. For two spirit vials at right angles: Bring one of the level tubes parallel to any two of the foot screws, by rotating the upper part of the instrument.

  5. Spirit level - Wikipedia

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    A surveyor's leveling instrument has a spirit level mounted on a telescope (perhaps 30 power) with cross-hairs, itself mounted on a tripod. The observer reads height values off two graduated vertical rods, one 'behind' and one 'in front', to obtain the height difference between the ground points on which the rods are resting.

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    The sock remover is a unique spliced design that slips the sock down from the foot, without the need to bend down. In fact, over 1,000 reviewers at Walmart have given this small but mighty tool a ...

  7. Theodolite - Wikipedia

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    A direct-readout theodolite, manufactured in the Soviet Union in 1958 and used for topographic surveying. A theodolite (/ θ i ˈ ɒ d ə ˌ l aɪ t /) [1] is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes.