Dumpy level in use on a construction site A dumpy level, builder's auto level, leveling instrument or automatic level is an optical instrument used in surveying and building to transfer, measure, or set horizontal levels. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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The level instrument is set up on a tripod and, depending on the type, either roughly or accurately set to a leveled condition using footscrews (levelling screws). The operator looks through the eyepiece of the telescope while an assistant holds a tape measure or graduated staff vertical at the point under measurement. The instrument and staff are used to gather and/or transfer elevations (levels) during site surveys or building construction. Measurement generally starts from a benchmark with known height determined by a previous survey, or an arbitrary point with an assumed height. Look up tripod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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A dumpy level is an older style instrument that requires skilled use to set accurately. The instrument requires to be set level (see spirit level) in each quadrant, to ensure it is accurate through a full 360° traverse. A spirit level A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb. ...
A variation on the dumpy and one that was often used by surveyors, where greater accuracy and error checking was required, is a tilting level. This instrument allows the telescope to be effectively flipped through 180°, without rotating the head. The telescope is hinged to one side of the instrument's axis; flipping it involves lifting to the other side of the central axis (thereby inverting the telescope). This action effectively cancels out any errors introduced by poor setup procedure or errors in the instrument's adjustment. As an example, the identical effect can be had with a standard builder's level by rotating it through 180° and comparing the difference between spirit level bubble positions. A spirit level A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb. ...
An automatic level, self-levelling level or builder's auto level, includes an internal compensator mechanism (a swinging prism) that, when set close to level, automatically removes any remaining variation from level. This reduces the need to set the instrument truly level, as with a dumpy or tilting level. Self-levelling instruments are the preferred instrument on building sites, construction and surveying due to ease of use and rapid setup time. See: Prism (geometry) Prism (optics) Prism (band) PRISM is an abbreviation for Probabilistic Symbolic Model Checker PRISM was an aborted RISC processor effort at DEC, see DEC PRISM This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
A digital electronic level is also set level on a tripod and reads a bar coded staff using electronic laser methods. The height of the staff where the level beam crosses the staff is shown on a digital display. This type of level removes interpolation of graduation by a person, thus removing a source of error and increasing accuracy.
The term dumpy level endures despite the evolution in design.
See also
An optical theodolite, manufactured in the Soviet Union in 1958 and used for topographic surveying. ...
Typical consumer laser line level using spirit levels for three planes and including a digital stud sensor display. ...
Typical consumer laser line level using spirit levels for three planes and including a digital stud sensor display. ...
External links - Dumpy level, from a surveying instrument collection.
- Levels, examples and usage.
- Checking a level
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