A plumb bob, plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction...

Map all coordinates in "Operation Plumbbob" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary...

construction, the direction designated as vertical is usually that along which a plumb-bob hangs. Alternatively, a spirit level that exploits the buoyancy of an...

up Plumb, plumb, or plumb- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plumb may refer to: Plumb, a 1995 album by Jonatha Brooke & The Story Plumb (Plumb album)...

plumb bob, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line, or plumb-line...

attached to the apex of the quadrant with a bead, for calculation, and a plumb bob. They were also sometimes drawn on the back of astrolabes. The universal...

the pendulum's plumb-bob slightly out of true (in the sense that it does not point to the centre of mass of the Earth). The change in plumb-line angle against...

rotation). It is a vector quantity, whose direction coincides with a plumb bob and strength or magnitude is given by the norm g = ‖ g ‖ {\displaystyle...

brooch suggest the presence of women. One of the inscribed objects is a plumb bob with "CHOI", or "C(o)HO(rtis) I", i.e. "property of the first cohort"...

common weight for the bob of a one second pendulum, widely used in grandfather clocks and many others, is around 2 kilograms.[citation needed] Plumb-bob...

plastic. The mounting screw is hollow and has two lateral holes to attach a plumb bob to center the instrument e.g. over a corner or other mark on the ground...

coordinate system, the second point is found where the extension of the plumb bob vertical from the surface point intersects the equatorial plane. In a...

causing this deflection induced by the pull of a nearby mountain upon a plumb-bob in 1772 and sent Mason (who had returned to Britain) on a site survey...

nadir being opposite of zenith and the direction of gravity as defined by a plumb line. 77°47′S 160°33′E / 77.783°S 160.550°E / -77.783; 160.550. A small...

the deceleration would be ineffective. The solution settled upon was a plumb-bob, which would dangle below the platform and activate the rockets when it...

in either direction. It is not a "viscosity". Similarly, a stationary plumb-bob suspended over the rotating object will not list. It will hang vertically...

triclinium (now in Naples), the skull is crowned with a carpenter's square and plumb-bob, which dangles before its empty eyesockets (Death as the great leveler)...

protrudes at the capital of the Ionic capital, hangs a string with a plumb bob at the end. The length of the string — and therefore the speed of the...

A laser line level is a tool combining a spirit level and/or plumb bob with a laser to display an accurately horizontal or vertical illuminated line on...

purposes, such as in: Anchor Balance weight Ballast Bob Counterweight Fishing sinker Paperweight Plumb bob Tuned mass damper Weight training equipment...

process is repeated. The board is cut along the dotted lines, and the top plumb cut and the bottom level cut are traced by holding the square on the opposite...

the octant and sextant. Quadrant A very simple instrument which used a plumb bob. These instruments are also used to measure the angular distance between...

major body known in the Solar System. Its largest mascons can cause a plumb bob to hang about a third of a degree off expected vertical, pointing toward...

two traditional tools for construction - the carpenter's square and the plumb-bob. At the senior chief petty officer level, the builder rating merges with...

up plummet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plummet may refer to: Plumb bob, a weighted line used as a vertical reference Sinker (fishing) Plummet...

designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal (level) or vertical (plumb). Two basic designs exist: tubular (or linear) and bull's eye (or circular)...

ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) Fluid pressure Plumb-bob Sea level Deep (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...

upper arm allowed it to be pointed accurately at the astronomical target. Plumb bob lines descended from the scales above and intersected with linear scales...

Anubis drags the person to the scale, and also attending to the pan and plumb bob of the scale in the weighing process (e.g. Budge, Taylor here.) Aronin...

such that observer can see through telescope conveniently. After this, a plumb bob is suspended from the bottom of the instrument and it should approximately...