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suspended from a
string and used as a
vertical direction as a
reference line, or
plumb-
line. It is a
precursor to the
spirit level and used to
establish a vertical...
- the
plumb line deviates from the
radial direction as a
function of latitude. Only on the
equator and at the
North and
South Poles does the
plumb line align...
- or
deflection of the
vertical (DoV), also
known as
deflection of the
plumb line and astro-geodetic deflection, is a
measure of how far the
gravity direction...
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centroid in such a way that it can
freely rotate around the pin; the
plumb line is then
dropped from the pin (figure b). The
position of the plumbline...
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Charles Henry Plumb,
Baron Plumb, DL (27
March 1925 – 15
April 2022) was a
British politician and
farmer who went into
politics as a
leader of the National...
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ellipsoid would be a good base
line for measurements. The
difference between the
direction of a
plumb line or vertical, and a
line perpendicular to the surface...
- "above" a
particular location. "Above"
means in the
vertical direction (
plumb line)
opposite to the
gravity direction at that
location (nadir). The zenith...
- The
direction of PN will also
differ from the
direction of a
vertical plumb line. The
relation of
these different heights requires knowledge of the shape...
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between two points, or
vertical lines by
using the
weight of the
line reel as a
plumb line. It is an
important tool in carpentry, and the
working of timber...
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bridges A-frame level: An A-frame with a
plumb line hung from the vertex, used to
establish a
horizontal line;
known in
ancient Egypt,
these were used...
