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4.7. Miscellaneous Equipment. In addition to a precise level <strong>and</strong> rod, a leveling party requires thefollowing equipment: A surveyor's umbrella to shade the instrument. Turning pins or plates to set the rod on during observation. Hammers to set the turning pins. A locator's h<strong>and</strong> level to estimate the lines of sight. H<strong>and</strong>-held counters to tally paces for the approximate balancing of the lines of sight. Recording books <strong>and</strong> conversion tables for note keeping.4-8. Field Tests <strong>and</strong> Adjustments. To maintain the required accuracy, certain tests <strong>and</strong> adjustmentsmust be made before <strong>and</strong> after the level is used.a. Determine the Stadia Constant. Carefully determine the stadia constant of the instrument beforeit is used. It is the factor by which the totals of the cumulative sums of the total intervals for bothbacksights <strong>and</strong> foresights are multiplied to obtain the lengths of the sections. These results, in turn, areused in the formulas for computing the allowable divergences (errors) between the forward <strong>and</strong>backward runnings of the various sections. Comparing the stadia intervals observed over a knowncourse will aid in the determination.(1) Select a suitable stretch or reasonably level track, roadway, or sidewalk. Place nails or othermarks in a straight line at distances 75, 85, 95, 105, 115, <strong>and</strong> 125 meters from an initial-point 0.2 meterto the back of the center of the N-3 level. Using the direct method, read the three thread readings on therod at each of these stations, <strong>and</strong> record the readings on a DA Form 5820, as shown in Figure 4-5. Thesplit-level bubble of the N-3 need not be accurately centered for these readings, but it should be free ofthe ends of the tube. Compute the half-thread intervals as a check against erroneous readings, <strong>and</strong>compute the sum of the total intervals for the six readings. The stadia constant is the sum of themeasured distances (300 meters) divided by the sum of the six total thread intervals (300 - 898 = 0.334).EN0593 4-10

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