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  • In [[surveying]], '''triangulation''' is the process of determining the location of a poin ...to it. Such triangulation methods were used for accurate large-scale land surveying until the rise of [[global navigation satellite system]]s in the 1980s. ...
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  • ...bout {{convert|900|g}}.<ref name=queensland /> For all except the earliest instruments the last two digits of the date and a serial number, believed to be consecu ...0127191913/https://aits-tpt.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tacheometric-surveying.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>}}{{sfnp|Hopp|2000|pp=25-32}}{{sfnp|Fuller|n.d ...
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  • ..., this angle, though very slight, was within the theoretical capability of instruments of his day.<ref name="Sillitto">{{cite web|url=http://www.sillittopages.co. ...146}}</ref> They also acquired a [[theodolite]] and [[Gunter's chain]] for surveying the mountain, and a pair of [[barometer]]s for measuring altitude.<ref name ...
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  • ...ethods and the interferometer methods based upon the [[speed of light]]. [[Surveying]] is one ancient use of measuring long distances. ...three-dimensional structures very small in every dimension use specialized instruments such as [[Focused ion beam#FIB imaging|ion microscopy]] coupled with intens ...
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  • ...area. The sum of the triangles equals the total projected crown area. The instruments needed include a laser rangefinder or a tape measure and a clinometer.{{cn| ...be tied together by measuring the relative positions between the different surveying locations.{{cn|date=September 2024}} ...
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  • ...measured and noted by the data panel which includes different devices and instruments for the specific measurements.<ref name=":0" /> Figure 8 shows the general ...eld by using traditional surveying techniques or global positioning system instruments ...
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  • ...ent along with its length. Ground-based methods use optical and electronic surveying equipment to remotely measure the end diameters and the length of each sect ...he entire length of the trunk. Measurements may be made using professional surveying equipment such as a [[total station]] or an instrument such as the Criterio ...
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  • ...nte expedition]] of 1776, discovered originally in 1884 by his father on a surveying expedition in northern Arizona. Baldwin organized the 1995/1996 Museum of ...e-of-flight electron velocity spectrometer | journal= Review of Scientific Instruments| volume=38 | issue=4 | pages=519–531| doi=10.1063/1.1720752|bibcode=1967RSc ...
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  • ...crosses cultures, and techniques date back to the origins of cartography, surveying, and [[remote sensing]]. Technical geography as a term is more than place n ...t1=Lemmens |first1=Mathias |title=Education: Surveying the Issues |journal=Surveying World |date=April 2001 |pages=36–38}}</ref> The categorization of technical ...
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  • ..., the trajectory and the entry speed can be determined by [[triangulation (surveying)|triangulation]]. Atmospheric entry speeds of up to 72,000&nbsp;m/s have be ...elerator is a critical facility to develop, test, and calibrate space dust instruments.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Veysset |first1=D. |last2=Lee |first2=J-H. |last ...
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  • ...r in principle to [[radiography]] (imaging with [[X-ray]]s) but capable of surveying much larger objects. Since muons are less likely to interact, stop and dec ...omography of pure cesium iodide calorimeter crystals | journal = [[Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Det ...
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  • ..., then considered as a sphere, by [[Jean Picard]] through [[Triangulation (surveying)|triangulation]] of [[Paris meridian]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Levalloi The task of surveying the Paris meridian arc took more than six years (1792–1798). The technical ...
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  • ...areas, and volumes, which were developed to meet some practical need in [[surveying]], [[construction]], [[astronomy]], and various crafts. The earliest known ...straightedge]].{{efn|The ancient Greeks had some constructions using other instruments.}} Also, every construction had to be complete in a finite number of steps. ...
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  • ...k |last1=Middleton |first1=W. E. K. |title=Invention of the Meteorological Instruments |date=1969 |publisher=Johns Hopkins Press |location=Baltimore |page=274}}</ {{defn|A [[surveying]] method that measures the distance to a target by illuminating the target ...
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  • ...France in the 1790s: The importance of Etienne Lenoir's platinum measuring instruments The task of surveying the [[meridian arc]], which was estimated to take two years, fell to [[Pier ...
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  • ...ic resonance]] facility, micro[[calorimetry]], [[circular dichroism]], and instruments for single protein channel studies have been provided in Iran during the pa ...l tankers]], [[Oil platform|oil rig]]s, offshore platforms and exploration instruments.<ref name="msn.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/ir ...
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  • ...ation, [[geology]], and [[metallurgy]], [[geotechnical engineering]] and [[surveying]]. A mining engineer may manage any phase of mining operations, from explor ...ing the instruments, the surgeon uses one of two methods to administer the instruments. These include using a direct [[telemanipulator]] or through computer contr ...
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  • ...dical instruments.jpg|thumb|Inscription detailing ancient Egyptian medical instruments, including bone saws, suction cups, knives and scalpels, retractors, scales * [[Rope stretcher]] — a rope stretcher (or harpedonaptai) was a [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] who [[Measurement|measured]] [[real property]] demarcations and ...
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  • ...netism is a weak effect which can only be detected by sensitive laboratory instruments, but a [[superconductivity|superconductor]] acts as a strong diamagnet beca ...al analysis falls within the ambit of [[analytical chemistry]], the set of instruments involved in deciphering the chemical nature of our world.}} ...
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