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    The depression range finder (DRF) was a fire control device used to determine the target's position by observing range and bearing and to calculate firing...
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    Rangefinder (redirect from Range finder)
    coining the term. In 1881, the British Royal Artillery adopted the depression range finder, which had been developed by Captain H.S.S. Watkin for use by coastal...
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    casemate structure containing store and telephone rooms, and two Depression Range Finder locations, one combined with a Battery Commander's Post set off...
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  • radar Range ambiguity resolution Cosmic distance ladder Bradley A. Fiske Dazzle camouflage Depression range finder Fire-control system Range-finder painting...
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    battery's armament was the subject of several upgrades. In 1898, a depression range finder and telephone system were installed. In 1901, a further BL 6-inch...
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    effective range. In 1879, Major HS Watkins of the Royal Garrison Artillery invented the depression range finder, the position-range finder and associated...
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    of the No. 1 9.2 inch gun is a raised concrete platform for a Depression Range Finder. Beneath the guns were extensive magazines, which fed ammunition...
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    by tunnels to the magazine and shell stores, casemate, flanking depression range finder and observation posts, two machine gun posts and the entrance to...
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    includes a central corridor connected to two symmetrically placed depression range finder stations. There is another station which is above ground, standing...
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  • founded in 1894. DRF may also refer to: Depression range finder, a fire control device used to observe the target's range and bearing to calculate firing solutions...
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    Coast defence range finding at victorianforts.co.uk Major Watkin's Position Finder at victorianforts.co.uk Watkin depression position finders at victorianforts...
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  • In addition, some base end stations held a depression position finder (DPF) or a coincidence range finder (CRF) that could be used by itself (without...
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    yards (180 m) to the north containing the Battery Command and Depression Range Finder with a Barr & Stroud Rangefinder on a concrete platform to the...
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    living room and a scullery. In between both of these were two Depression range finders enabling the guns to accurately fire at their targets. Behind the...
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    to the gun detachments could be relayed via voice pipes. Three depression range finders were installed on the roof by the late 1890s to aid the guns' targeting...
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    octagonal concrete columns that served as the foundations for the depression range finders (DPFs) mounted atop them. One of these columns has a modern communications...
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    Kennedy Range and Perth". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. "Department of the Environment - Park Finder - Kennedy...
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    F45 Depression position finder, Lewis, M1907 – Parts and equipment F46 Finder depression position (Swasey type AII) (Depression position finder) F47...
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    Retrieved 2024-01-29. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Summits. Peak finder World Mountain Peak Map - Map of mountain peaks higher than 1000m. Summit...
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    of the New era printing Company. p. 240. "Hypericum perforatum". Plant Finder. St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 August 2023...
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    their accuracy and maximum effective range. Vertical base rangefinding used a single depression position finder (DPF) mounted as high as possible above...
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    sights, and prism binoculars". Presumably, the range finders included the company's depression position finder. During World War I, three important kinds...
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    New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. The Phrase Finder (1996–2012). "Hobby-horse". The Phrase Finder. Gary Martin. Retrieved 5 May 2012. "hobby". Online...
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    recognize how the application of radio in detection and ranging – what was often called the Radio Range Finder (RRF) – could be of value, particularly in any defensive...
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    The Táchira Depression (Spanish: Depresión de Táchira) is a saddle of land connecting the Lake Maracaibo basin to the Orinoco basin in the state of Táchira...
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    running. Ranging gun effectiveness improved to 2,500 metres range. All service Chieftains were subsequently upgraded with the LF2 laser range finder with...
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    lavender". HGTV. Retrieved 19 October 2018. "Plectranthus Mona lavender". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 October 2018. Upson, T.; Andrews...
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    Schonchin Butte (category Cascade Range)
    installed for several decades. Many original items remain: the Osborne Fire Finder and its stand, the sink, and the insulated stool which lookouts use during...
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    position. Spotting the enemy gun flashes with a depression position finder indicated the submarine was out of range. Most Japanese rounds landed in a nearby...
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    2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016. "Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa' – Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 14 July 2016. "Black Locust...
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