单词 | boning rod |
释义 | > as lemmasboning rod The process of establishing a level line or smooth gradient, typically by looking along the tops of a row of posts or T-shaped rods placed some distance apart. Chiefly attributive, esp. in boning rod (cf. ranging rod n. at ranging n.1 Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific methods or processes dialling1670 traverse1674 boning1718 levelling1812 triangulation1818 resection1855 plane-tabling1867 stepping1888 tacheometry1888 tachymetry1891 trilateration1948 1718 S. Switzer Ichnographia Rustica II. 117 The next are what we call Boning or Levelling Staves. 1785 W. Roy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 411 Twenty-four boning rods had been originally provided. 1795 Trigon. Surv. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 477 Using the transit as a boning telescope. 1800 W. Nicolay in tr. K. A. von Struensee First Princ. Field-fortification i. ii. 56 (note) A long picket is then placed at the extremity b of the line to be levelled... This operation is called boning. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. p. xxix. To determine the level of the top of the base-pieces, boning sticks were placed in the lines of the columns. 1909 Brit. Patent 25,224/1908 1 (heading) New appliance to be used in ‘boning’ or laying drain or other pipes to a desired fall or gradient. 1944 D. E. Warland Teach yourself Constructional Details i. 7 For long lengths of pipe, boning rods on a larger scale may be used. 2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) vii. 306 Where a long drainage run is to be installed, the method used to determine the fall should be carried out using sight rails and traveller (sometimes called a boning rod). < as lemmas |
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