Spirit-level Sentence Examples
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These are the basin of mercury and the spirit-level.
On the better farms this is done with a spirit-level or compass from time to time and hillside ditches put in at the proper places.
Its deviation from the vertical line is determined by the motion of the bubble of a spirit-level rigidly attached either to the axis, or to the telescope.
For this purpose hydraulic mechanism of Bessemer's design was arranged under the control of an attendant, whose duty it was to keep watch on a spirit-level, and counteract by proper manipulation of the apparatus any deviation from the horizontal that might manifest itself on the floor of the saloon owing to the rolling of the vessel.
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