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Definition of Range pole
1. Noun. Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors.
Definition of Range pole
1. Noun. A rod or pole, marked with alternating red and white bands, used by surveyors for sighting ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Range Pole
Literary usage of Range pole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Field and Office Methods for the Use of Students in Surveying by William David Pence, Milo Smith Ketchum (1901)
"(4) Signal say five station numbers to each other and afterwards compare notes.
Make concise record of the foregoing steps. PROBLEM A4. range pole PRACTICE. ..."
2. Hydrographic Surveying: Methods, Tables and Forms of Notes by Samuel Hill Lea (1905)
"A modification of this form, of target is shown in Figure 20, where a range pole
is shown F'ig.19.Range Signal. with a balloon at the top and a ..."
3. Hydrographic Surveying: Methods, Tables and Forms of Notes by Samuel Hill Lea (1905)
"... cases is made of a framework- covered with cloth, and forming an oval- shaped
ball, sometimes called a balloon, which fits loosely over the range pole. ..."
4. Practical Marine Surveying by Harry Phelps (1889)
"The measuring then goes on as if the end of the 10th fleet were the original
base, with the exception of putting ahead the range pole, which is omitted. ..."
5. Practical Marine Surveying by Harry Phelps (1889)
"The measuring then goes on as if the end of the 10th fleet were the original
base, with the exception of putting ahead the range pole, which is omitted. ..."
6. Topographical Surveying and Sketching by Thomas Henry Rees (1908)
"Mark the initial point with a pin, or better, with a range pole, and mark the
distant objective point with a range pole if it is not already marked by some ..."
7. Military Topography for the Mobile Forces: Including Map Reading, Surveying by Clarence Osborne Sherrill (1912)
"2 until his flag or range pole, figure 63, is in line with A and B. Xo. 2 sets
his range pole vertically in the line and proceeds farther toward B setting a ..."
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