| 单词 | surveying instrument |
| 例句 | Simpson said that a plane had spotted two guys with what looked like surveying instruments. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So everyone had to leave some of their belongings behind—tents, surveying instruments, and clothes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Uncle and Jedda-Boy took a couple of surveying instruments and discussed mud and sand and other important surveying matters. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the shifting crag, a surveying instrument scans the mountain’s surface every 30 minutes. 'Things are getting unstable': global heating and the rise of rockfalls in Swiss Alps 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Over the city’s center point, Coyote had set up a theodolite, a surveying instrument he used to locate 6,000 small red flags that marked the city’s street grid. A Nobel-Winning Economist Goes to Burning Man 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Total Station: A surveying instrument used to map and reconstruct accidents or crime scenes to preserve the locations of evidence and the context in which a death or accident occurred. University forensic science team reveals stories of the dead 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The images were shot with a contraption called an Osborne photo-recording transit, invented by Forest Service employee William Osborne to combine the functions of a camera and a surveying instrument. See how Mount Rainier glaciers have vanished over time, with this eye-opening photo project 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Hall explained that the observatory’s telescope worked differently from the surveying instruments and terrestrial telescopes Lincoln was accustomed to. Abraham Lincoln: President, orator and . . . astronomer? Peering through the telescope with him. Morrison had brought his theodolite, a surveying instrument with a telescope, into Central Park in the early morning and set it up at Belvedere Castle. How Manhattan Got Its Street Grid [Excerpt] 2013-02-15T16:15:00.580Z A second surveying instrument, an optical plumb, now makes it possible to look up a vertical line from the tower's base to a target behind the clock. Time Shift: Is London's Big Ben Falling Down? 2012-07-19T11:15:00.240Z They turned their surveying instruments on the hamlet as if they had been guns, and laid out their chains as if they had been enslaving the soil itself. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z I had purchased a set of photo-topographical surveying instruments of the Canadian pattern, on behalf of the Survey of India, while on leave in 1920. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z During this period he mastered the use of surveying instruments and made a firsthand study of tides in the region. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z He invented remarkable surveying instruments, an earth-toting tram, and was one of the first to dream up, design, and advocate for an elevated railroad in New York City. How Manhattan Got Its Street Grid [Excerpt] 2013-02-15T16:15:00.580Z He's tried an engineer's job without experience and without surveying instruments. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z His personal effects were levied on and sold, his horse and surveying instruments going with the rest. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Lincoln, to settle the matter, took his surveying instruments and surveyed the ground himself. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Breed made surveying instruments in brass and in wood. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Squire Browne, the father of the future “Artemus Ward,” was a farmer who could also use surveying instruments with the skill of New England common sense. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z It happened that Rufus was so busy getting ready to start out with his surveying instruments that he had given no thought to looking around. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z Second, the history of surveying and surveying instruments really begins with the invention of instruments for taking levels, or for the determination of angles with a view to geometrical calculation. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It is the most important and difficult part of the work of the mathematical instrument maker, and is required in the construction of most physical, astronomical, nautical and surveying instruments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Although clockmaking was the primary business in which Burnap engaged, he also had a large trade for his surveying instruments, silver spoons, gold beads, harness and saddlery hardware, and shoe buckles. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z It was the common surveying instrument of the early days. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Fortunately, we had taken the precaution to remove our surveying instruments and the blankets from the boat before the falls were attempted. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Even Archimedes made pumps, and Hero surveying instruments for mines. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Mr. Palmer, with a rough board table, and his suit case containing maps and papers occupying one, and Dugan and Stevens with their surveying instruments, the other. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Winchester, Va.; also made surveying instruments and clocks. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The objects which were probably of the most interest to George were his father's surveying instruments, rifle and axe. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z During the tests researchers will use theodolites, surveying instruments that measure horizontal and vertical angles. New Tech For Whales Vs. Wave Energy 2010-06-15T22:00:00Z In this he carried his surveying instruments, his night shirt and manicure set. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) He goes to Paris to make preparation by securing the best astronomical, meteorological and surveying instruments. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He determined to begin as a surveyor, as he had mastered the art when making surveying instruments, as was his custom to study and master wherever he touched. James Watt The graduated arc of an astronomical or surveying instrument. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But long before this haven was reached the mattresses were torn to shreds and Jim and Charlie were glad to reach the ledge with their surveying instruments and two bags of "grub." Still Jim Deputy Surveyor Lincoln had to run deeper in debt for a horse and surveying instruments in order to do this new work. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Three men, shouldering surveying instruments, stopped in their tracks on the freshly-heaped soil of a new railroad embankment, and gazed up at the hillside. The Rainy Day Railroad War Often he took out his surveying instruments and spent a day laying out his land, or he planted trees and vines about his house and lawns. George Washington A clever adaptation to give astronomical or surveying instruments full play and motion every way by a brass ball fitted into a spherical cell, and usually carried by an endless screw. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. When he returned, he brought with him a surveying instrument and a boy for helper. The Iron Furrow A month's hunting trip over the range, with the surveying instruments taken along. Empire Builders In the morning we showed him our quarters, our filter, the roads we had built, the spar bridge across to Kite Island, our surveying instrument and the chart we had made of the vicinity. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island In December Lincoln put away his surveying instruments to go to Vandalia for the opening session of the Tenth Assembly. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 These consisted of his horse, saddle and bridle, and surveying instruments. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 Having made these dispositions, I embarked in the Lady Nelson with the naturalist, taking my whale boat and surveying instruments. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 And here he took careful observations with his astronomical and surveying instruments, in order to fix his position. Pioneers in Canada Our surveying instruments were made as follows: The Surveying Instrument. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The wind being at north-west, I was obliged to land behind some rocks more than two miles short of the third point, but walked to it with my surveying instruments. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 When Lincoln's horse and surveying instruments were levied upon by a creditor and sold, Mr. Short bought them in, and made Lincoln a present of them. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 This man held one of the notes representing "the national debt," and now levied execution upon Lincoln's horse and surveying instruments. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I We had found a number of surveying instruments in the abandoned camp, and knew therefore that the Indians had had a fight with white men. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Most of our surveying was done by actual measurement, the surveying instrument being used only to determine the exact direction of the measurement. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island A box of surveying instruments was also abandoned. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Without advising Lincoln of his plans he attended the sale, bought in the horse and surveying instruments for one hundred and twenty dollars, and turned them over to their former owner. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 Our road lay past the place, and Harshaw had to stop for his surveying instruments, also to pack a bag, he said,—with apologies for keeping us waiting. A Touch of Sun and Other Stories In putting the surveying instruments into the boat the chain was found missing; we were of opinion it had been left on shore by the soldiers who carried it in measuring the distances. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant The instrument was mounted on a tripod similar to the one used for our surveying instrument. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island One of their Indian bearers, attempting to ford the rapids here with a large surveying instrument, was carried off his feet, swept away by the strong current, and drowned before help could reach him. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Livingstone's geographical delineations were remarkably accurate, considering the inadequate surveying instruments with which he worked. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents We knew that they had had a fight with surveyors, as we found quite a number of surveying instruments, which had been left in the abandoned camp. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide He had a whole set of surveying instruments made with a slight defection that would allow for this territory not to appear, and he substituted them for the ones that were to be used. Tales of the Jazz Age This was done with our surveying instrument, which was set level with the top of the barrel. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island After his graduation from Harvard in 1837, he substituted for the fishing rod and gun, the spyglass, microscope, measuring tape, and surveying instruments, and continued his out-of-door investigations. History of American Literature Before he began his explorations, he took a thorough course in the use of surveying instruments and the methods of accurately laying down his positions and making a route map. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents They were sent ashore soon after breakfast, well-armed, equipped with axes and other implements, boat-hooks, surveying instruments, and the most powerful glasses on board. West Wind Drift I was anxious to give him a set of surveying instruments, and requested him to send me a list and an order to the best London maker for such as he wanted. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia We knew that they had had a fight with the surveyors, as we found quite a number of surveying instruments, which had been left in the abandoned camp. The Great Salt Lake Trail But before dark the tall cowboy limped into camp, dusty and torn, carrying Neale's long tripod and surveying instrument. The U. P. Trail A table stood in the middle, the curtained berths were at one end, and there were cases holding books and surveying instruments. The Girl from Keller's All this could not lift him from poverty, and his surveying instruments and horse and saddle were sold by the sheriff for debt. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 We agreed to part that night, and next morning to meet at the corner of Lord Strutt's park wall, with our surveying instruments, which accordingly we did. History of John Bull |
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