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DE TWEEDE NAUWKEURIGHEIDSWATERPASSING VAN NEDERLAND<br />

5.4 Calibration of the staffs<br />

Over the years the staffs were calibrated several times following a method described by<br />

SCHERMERHORN [23].<br />

The average deviation per metre (Z) after 1923 was at the most 0.1 mm; usually much less.<br />

No corrections were applied to the levels to allow for these deviations.<br />

Chapter 6 METHOD OF MEASURING<br />

6.1 General<br />

In 1926 an "Instruction for first-order levelling" was compiled for surveyors. The measuring<br />

method described was subsequently amended in various respects without the instruction<br />

being officially revised.<br />

6.2 Setting up of instrument and staffs<br />

The distance from the instrument to each of the two staffs was always kept the same. Up to<br />

1929 a maximum value of 70 metres was adhered to for this distance (which is half the back-<br />

sight to foresight distance); subsequently 60, sometimes 65, or (in tests) only 50 or 35 metres<br />

was used.<br />

As far as possible the same staff was always used at benchmarks. There were two surveyors,<br />

each making his readings independently for each sight; they adjusted the level setting for<br />

each other.<br />

6.3 Use of the level<br />

In 1926 only one position of the reversible level was used for measurements; from 1927 both<br />

positions were used.<br />

With two surveyors, M1 and M2, there are in theory 4 possibilities fora systematic sequence<br />

ofreadings, referred to here as methods Al, A2, B1, and B2. During the second geodetic level-<br />

ling all the methods were employed for a certain period, especially A1 and B2.<br />

Each surveyor recorded his readings in his own field book. The instrument was adjusted<br />

both in the morning and in the afternoon before the levelling.<br />

6.4 Organization of the levelling<br />

Readings were made forwards and backwards, with an interval of a few days in between.<br />

A tolerance of 2.5 ,& mm was allowed for the results of the forward and backward measure-<br />

ments. If the tolerance was exceeded, the readings were cancelled and both the forward and<br />

backward measurements repeated. Sometimes, for small sections of levelling (R

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