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niveau 290 noeud
niveau de pente, inclined plane; (inst.) clinometer,
slope lavel;
a pendule, ft ft perpendicule, plomb,
plummet level, carpenter's level;
plan de - datum , plane, plane of reference;
de pointage, (art.) gunner's quadrant;
potentiel, (elec.) potential level;
to take the level;
prcndre U ,
q'lart de cercle 6, , quadrant;
refletteur, & reflexion, (inst.) reflecting
level;
souterrain, soil water;
spherique, (inst.) spherical, circular level;
surface de , level surface;
ft tube de verre, (steam) glass gauge;
ft visee directe, (insl.) generic term for hand
levels:
voyant du ft bulle d'air, (inst.) eyepiece of a
spirit level;
vrai, true level; true, astronomical, horizon.
iiivetee, f., (top.) operation of taking or making a
level observation.
niveler, v. a., to level, make level, bring to a level;
(surv.) to level, to run a level;
au demi-cercle, to plumb.
nivelette, f., (surv.) boning rod or stick.
niveleur, m., leveler.
nivelle, f., in leveling instruments, a line or directrix
seTVing to show when the line of sight is
horizontal; a synonym of niveau ft bulle d'air,
q. v.
uivellement, m., leveling (i. e., operation of making
flat or level); (surv.) leveling; (cons.) determination
or establishment of a level line
(e. g., for a foundation);
baromctrique, (surv.) barometric leveling;
du canevas general, (surv.) general determination
of the differences of level of an area;
par cheminement, (surv.) leveling in which
the observations are made from different stations
by going from station to station;
compose, (surv.) operation of getting difference
of level between two points when several
stations have to be taken;
au demi-cercle, plumbing;
de detail, (surv.) filling-in level work;
direct, (surv.) leveling by horizontal sights;
geodesique, (surv.) geodetic leveling;
par I'horizontale, v. direct,'
indirect, (surv.) clinometer leveling, leveling
by the slope;
mire pour , (inst.) leveling rod;
par Us pentes, v. indirect;
proprement dit, v. direct;
par rayonnement, (surv.) leveling from a central
point or station;
simple, (surv.) operation of getting difference
of level between two points from one station;
topographique, (surv.) operation in which differences
of level are got by measuring angles of
slope;
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tngono'metrique, (surv.) trigonometric leveling;
par visees horizontals, (surv.)Y leveling, leveling
by horizontal sights;
par visees suivant la pente, (surv.) leveling by
sights parallel to the slope.
nobClite, f., (expl.) a name for dynamite (from the
inventor, A. Nobel).
noeud, m., knot; knot (in wood); node; (cord.) knot,
tie, bend, hitch; (not;.) knot (rate); (mil.) key
(of a position); (top.) plateau from which radiate
siibsidiary chains;
d'agui, bowline bend;
d'agui ft elingue, bowline;
d'agui d, elingue double, bowline on a bight;
d'aju8, d'ajut, bend; Carrick bend;
granny knot;
allcmand, figure-of-eight knot;
d'amarragt, hitch, tie, lashing;
d'amarrage en ctrive, seizing;
d'amarrage ft fouet, tail block with a rolling
hitch, and the end stopped up;
noeud d'amarrageb, plat, lashing;
pour amarrer, mooring knot;
d'amour, (artif.) firework of 3 wheels at the
vertices of a triangle;
d'ancre, anchor knot; fishermen's bend;
anglais, fisherman's knot;
d'dnguille, timber hitch; running bowline;
d' artifice, (art.) choking knot (for cartridge
bag);
d'artificier, clove hitch;
d artificier double, a clove hitch with the free
end passed through one of the loops;
de batelier, clove hitch; midshipman hitch;
de bee d'oiseau, v. ft plein poing;
de bois, timber hitch;
de bois et barbouquct, towing hitch;
de bombardier, bombardier's knot, (German)
jar knot;
de bosse, stopper knot;
ft boucle, bowknot, slipknot, drawknot;
de bouline, slip clinch;
de bouline double, double slip clinch;
de bouline simple, single slip clinch;
de cabestan, bowline;
de capelage, masthead knot;
de chaine, chain knot; .
de chaise, bowline;
de chaise de calfat, a sort of double bowline:
de chaise double, bowline on a bight; a douMe
bowline (i. e., a double-looped bowline);
de chaise simple, bowline, standing bowline
knot;
de charrue, plowman's knot;
commun, overhand knot;
de communication, (in gen.) focus or center of
communication;
coulant, noose, slip, running knot; rolling
hitch;
coulant simple, slipknot, running knot;
coulant sur double clef, timber hitch;
courant, running knot;
de croc depalan, black wall hitch;
de croc de palan double, double black wall
hitch;
cul-de-porc, single wall knot;
cuL de-pore couronne, crowned wall knot;
cul-de-porc couronne avec une passe double,
double crown knot;
cul-de-porc double, double wall knot;
cul-de-porc simple, single wall knot;
defaire un , to undo a knot;
demi , overhand knot;
demi-clef, h alf hitch ;
de demi-clefs, clove hitch;
desserrer un , to loosen a knot;
double, double knot; bowline on a bight;
double fixe, rolling hitch;
double de tire-veille, double diamond knot;
de drisse, midshipman hitch;
de drisse de bonnette, studding-sail bend;
droit, reef knot, square knot;
droit ganse, a slip square knot, drawknot,
bowknot;
ecole des s, cordage drill;
d'ecoute, sheet bend, hawser bend ;
d'ecoute double, double sheet bend;
d'ecoute simple, single sheet bend;
ft elingue, standing oowhne knot;
d'epaule, (unif.) shoulder knot;
d'epee, (unif.) sword knot;
d'epissoir, marlin-spike kitch;
d'etalingure de cable, cable clinch;
d'etalingure de grelin, fisherman's bend;
faire des s, to tie knots;
faire un , to make, tie, a knot;
faire un ft boucle, to tie in a bow;
faire un serreb, to tie hard and fast to;
faux , granny knot;
de fil (de) caret, rope-yarn knot;
filer (tant de) s, (nav.) to go, make, so many
knots;
de filet, fisherman's bend;
en forme d'un huit. figure-of-eight knot;
de fouet, rolling hitch;
de galere, marlin-spike hitch; drag-rope knot;