The registration between the pressure sensor location and surface profile location was monitored very carefully using atheodolitesighting system.
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The coordinates and elevation of each observation well were determined through stadia surveying, using atheodolite.
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Such records may also be obtained by small balloons that carry no instrument when they are followed by means of atheodoliteduring their ascent.
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Historians will envy the opportunities which the geographer's work with thetheodolitecreates for conversation about the past with curious farmers.
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It was not only light that illuminated and empowered human vision, but also binoculars, the telescope and thetheodolite.
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The low altitude wind speed and change of direction were too fast to be tracked with thetheodoliteon this evening.
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Again, it is not enough to focus exclusively on the media, for tape,theodolite, sextant, timepiece and writing and drawing utensils come together in this visual culture.
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A detailedtheodolitesurvey of spill sites and other features was conducted with reference to a temporary benchmark, which enabled the relocation of relevant sites in later seasons.
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Air temperatures oscillated above and below freezing, rain alternated with snow, and they repeatedly had to return to the station to dry out - once even to thaw a frozentheodolite.
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An extensive survey of the concrete basin floor with atheodoliteshowed it to be horizontal to within 0-5cm, giving a corresponding error in the depth of the water.
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The survey equipment offered for sale consisted of theodolites, drawing instruments, measuring tapes and field instruments.
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I saw use being made of a kind oftheodolite, which speeded up significantly the measurement-taking necessary for court purposes.
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Naturally, if you suddenly find a lot of group captains, with theodolites, ready-reckoners and notebooks, in your back garden, you want to know what goes on.
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In the past, and sometimes today, atheodolitewas used to track the balloon in order to determine the speed and direction of winds aloft.
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The principal instruments used are theodolites and tacheometers, which nowadays are equipped with infrared distance measuring, data bases, communication systems and partly by satellite links.
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