Object EXPERIMENT

To determine
height of buildingwith NO;
the help of sextant.
Apparatus
Sextant,measuring tape and a cross mark,
Formula used The height, H of
building
is given
by,
A =h, + ad —

cot —cot 8
where h.= height of the cross mark above the
d ground,
= distance between the
two marks A &.B the ground,
on

B
of
the
buildingat marks A&
respectively.
Procedure
i) Find the least count
of the sextant.
iit), Put the
cross-matk
above ground with the at
the eye-levelon the wall and
measure its
help of mea: height | Ne
ing tape on the 8round
threepoints A, B, C on ‘the grotind at
normallyto the wal| and mark
building( Fig.1), sdme proper
‘distance from the
iv) Stand at A
holding the
vertical] y and sextant
cross-mark
through the telescope whic] is the direct
imageof
see
the
field of formed in left
1
Moveview. the the Ralf of the
the cross-mark
ig séen
indexarms lowly so that the reflected
in the
rigtit half of the
image of
above the ©ross-mark field of view
in the left hal f. Now slightly
adjustment so that the two adjustwith the help of finer
halves (i.e, imagesare at the same level in both the
coincide).Note down tl NS Zero¢
Positidh A. teading of the sextant
at
Vv) Next
meve
theindexatm slowly further 'that thé upper parts are
g
so

seen
field of view till the
buildingin the right half is top of the
half’ Now
seen.
slightlyabove the er Oss-mark in
adjust with the heip of finer aajJusinyéemt
the left
MAZES are so that th e
dow:thisclevatiei
at thesame levelin both the shallyesie. edingide), ‘Notetwo
reading
-

of the sextant
ofthe two at pésition A. The diffe
readings a of
readings
givesangle of elevation
DAGat A. Take thtee
rence

pésition A.
at sets of
vi) Repeat steps iv)-v) at positions B
and€ to‘findp aridy.
Observations: height of the cross-mark above ground,
Least count
4, =

of the sextant
=., CUE RP
tenes 4 6
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reading
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vs total reading of

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Calculations:
Set 1:
Position A &B
dy =b~q= trees lt
d
Ay =hi+ "
de sx

COta ~

cot A. ‘ bonnet die,

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taal
Set,2: PositionB&c
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H,=h ;
re aemet
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Restle: ~~
‘Thehight of thg building
deterningd
froin
itsBaseds=,)
Precautions:
i) The
|

wire
‘should
be fixed éxabtly
cross
0g

ii)Whiletaking at theevelevel,
axis of the observations,
teleseapémust
the insthument j

thodig be kent rath

li) The marks A,

be
B and C
Kepthotizontal. verticaland
inust Be taken in-a i.
wall of the §tradght line
building, ‘tiormal
tip the