- a surveyor's
level, builder's
level,
dumpy level or the
historic "Y"
level. It
operates on the
principle of
establishing a
visual level relationship between...
- [citation needed]
Combining a
spirit level with an
optical telescope results in a
tilting level or
dumpy level.
These leveling instruments as used in surveying...
-
commonly believed that
dumpy levelling is less
accurate than
other types of
levelling, but such is not the case.
Dumpy levelling requires shorter and therefore...
- Look up
dumpy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dumpy may
refer to:
Dumpy level, an
optical instrument used in
surveying and
building to transfer, measure...
-
determine reduced level include:
Optical levelling instruments like
automatic level, Y
level,
dumpy level, or Coke's
reversible level Levelling staff Tripod...
- to
prepare for
laying a
foundation for a house.
Automatic level –
variant of the
dumpy level, that
makes use of a
compensator that
ensures that the line...
- of land
laser leveling to
bring land (for example, an
agricultural field) to near-flatness with a
slight grade for drainage.
Dumpy level List of laser...
-
Alidade table Cosmolabe Dioptra Dumpy level Engineer's
chain Geodimeter Graphometer Groma (surveying)
Laser scanning Level Level staff Measuring tape Plane...
- so that the line
level can be used as a straightedge; for example, to see if a
shelf is warped, even if not horizontal.
Dumpy level Theodolite List of...
- The
Scots Dumpy is a
traditional Scottish breed of chicken. It is
characterised by very
short legs, so
short that the body is a few
centimetres from the...
