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Definition of Levelling
1. level [v] - See also: level
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levelling
Literary usage of Levelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"CHAPTER V levelling AND levelling INSTRUMENTS 1. I SHALL now treat of the ways
in which water should be conducted to dwellings and cities. ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1900)
"Geodetic levelling is of two kinds: (A) Trigonometrical levelling and (B) Precise
... In trigonometrical levelling the relative elevations of the ..."
3. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough, Harry Dean (1920)
"This is the method of conducting a flying-level—that is, a levelling operation
merely to determine how much one point is above or below another. ..."
4. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1907)
"The term "surveying," when used in a comprehensive sense, includes levelling;
but in a restricted sense, surveying is used to denote the art of ascertaining ..."
5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The art of levelling is also to be included under the general head surveying.
... The operation of levelling may be conducted by means of instruments ..."
6. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1838)
"While the levelling process is going on, it is destructive to security ; when
completed, it is destructive, and that for ever, of national opulence. ..."
7. Elements of Surveying and Navigation: With Descriptions of the Instruments by Charles Davies (1866)
"levelling STAVES. 9. The levelling staves are used to determine the ... The levelling
staff is a necessary accompaniment to either of the levels described. ..."
8. Elements of Surveying, and Navigation: With Descriptions of the Instruments by Charles Davies (1862)
"levelling STAVES. 9. The levelling staves are used to determine the ... The levelling
staff is a necessary accompaniment to either of the levels described. ..."
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