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lever 240 levier
lever rame, to lie on the oars;
des recrues, (mil.) to raise, procure, recruits;
le siege, (mil.) to raise a siege.
lever, m., rising, levee; rising (of the sun, moon,
etc.); (man.) lilting of the foot; (top., etc.) survey,
sketch, topographical sketch; surveying;
plan, design (of a house, a machine).
(In France the form leve is used by the geographical
service of the army, that of lever being
retained by the corps of engineers. Except
where otherwise indicated, the following expressions
relate to surveying:)
par alignement, plotting, survey, by alignment;
ft la boussole, compass survey (any other
suitable instrument may be substituted for
boussole);
au 1 (man.) off the ground, out of bearing;
du canevas, skeleton survey;
du canevas de detail, filling in survey;
du canevas d'ememble, skeleton survey of the
whole area to be covered;
par cheminement, plotting or survey by successive
stations;
d'une cdte, survey of a coast;
a coup d'ceil, eye-sketch made on the terrain
(without instruments);
de detail, details, filling-in work, plotting of
details; survey for the purpose of filling in;
en detail, v. de detail:
d'ensemble,- general survey; survey of a position
(e. g., mil, of a set of works forming a
system);
expedie, sketch map, quick sketch, field
sketch , topographical survey (1 :20000 to 1 :10000) ;
de fortification, fortification surveying;
general, general survey;
hydrographique, hydrographic survey;
par intersection, plotting, determination of
points by intersection;
irregulier, v. de reconnaissance;
d'itineraire, road sketch, road map, road survey;
de memoire, sketch, map, made from memory;
au metre, sketch or survey by measurement
(made for very short distances, without anglemeasuring
instruments, and to a scale from
1 :500 to 1:100; angles computed from sides measured);
de mine, mining survey;
de nivele, contoured survey;
par les perspectives, generic expression for
photographic and other similar surveys;
photographique, photographic survey;
de plan, des plans, plot, plotting, of a
survey;
& la planchette, plane-table survey;
de position, survey of ground for a position,
esp. for a fort;
de precision, accurate instrumental survey
(1:500 to 1:10000);
par rayonnement, plotting by polar coordi-
eveur, m., de plans, engineer officer (Marbot).
evler, m., lever, hand spike; crow, crowbar; arm;
handle; (sm. a.) operating handle; carrier lever;
spring catch (for detachable magazines); (mach.)
arm.
I. Artillery, small arms; II. Machinery,
miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, small arms.
d'abatage, (art.) long handspike or crowbar;
d'arret, (sm. a.) cartridge-stop lever; (art.)
stopping lever, jamming lever;
arret de repetition, (sm. a.) cut-off;
arretoir, (F.
nates;
de reconnaissance, (mil.) reconnaissance
sketch, map;
par recoupement, plotting by resection;
regulicr. accurate instrumental survey
(1:1 0000 to 1:5000);
par renseignements, sketch, survey, made on
the spot, from information received, and not by
actual sight;
m,. art.) lever-stop;
d'auget, (sm. a.) carrier lever;
& bander, (r.f. art.) cocking lever;
de chargement, (art.) projectile-hoist lever;
de chevre, (art.) gin lever;
de choc, (spar torpedo) contact lever;
h crampon, (art.) lever with staple to hold it
to the cheek of the carriage (obs.);
cuvette, & cuvette, (art-.) gear, socket, lover;
de cylindre, (sm. a.) operating handle;
de declenchement, (art.) disengaging lever;
(torp.) launching lever;
de desserrage, (s. c. lever;
art.) disengaging-brake
de la detente, (torp.) firing lever;
direcleur, (art.) traversing handspike;
directeur h roulette, (art.) roller-, truck-lever;
ecouvillon- , (mountain art.) rammer-lever
(rammer used as a lever in packing and unpacking
the piece);
d'embarra.ge, (art.) embarring lever;
d'embrayage, (art.) in-gear lever;
& encliquetage, (s. c. art.) gearing lever, traversing
lever;
enfer h rouleaux, (art.) iron handspike (service
of French s. c. carriages of old model);
de frein, (art.) brake lever; brake-nut lever
(Fr . 80mm '
gun);
h, de, galet, (art.) roller handspike (one
roller);
h galets, (art.) roller handspike (two rollers);
de galet(s) arriere, (art.) rear eccentric lever;
h griffe, (s. c. art.) claw lever (used when,
after firing, the breech screw is hard to turn);
inferieur, (sm. a.) carrier lever;
-ft lunette, (art.) carrying bar;
de manoeuvre, (art.) hand lever, maneuvering
lever, any operating lever; traversing handspike,
trail handspike; (sm. a.) bolt handle,
bolt lever; operating handle or lever; (of the
Lebel) cut-off, magazine cut-off, locking lever;
m,arin, (art.) handspike;
mobile, v. & tenon;
h pied de biche, pinch bar;
de place, v. de siege;
place en galere, v. s. v. galere;
poignee, (art.) lever handle; (sm. a.) operating
handle;
de pointage, (art.) trail handspike;
pontet, (sm. a.) lever trigger-guard (Winchester);
- porte-patin(s), (art.) brake beam (Lemoine);
-portereau, (art.) lifting bar, carrying bar;
de prise d'air, (torp.) admission lever;
: souterrain, mining survey;
& la stadia, stadia survey;
topographtque, topographical survey, sketch
sum of the operations leading to a map of the
terrain (1:20000 to 1:10000);
de triangulation, geodetic survey, triangulation
survey;
& vue, eve sketch or map, made on the spot
without iristruments (1:20000, 1:40000, 1:50000).
Ifcverames, m., (command) "oars" (boat drill).
rancher, (art.) stake of the -porteur, q. v.;
de reglage, (art.) setting, adjusting, lever;
de relevement, (Fr. s. c. art.) lifting lever;
ft ressort, (art.) spring lever;
de rouleau, (art.) roller handspike;
& roulettes, (art.) roller lever;
de serrage, (Fr. s. c. art.) compressing
lever;
de siege, (art.) common handspike;
de soulevemcnt, (art.) eccentric lever;