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Engineering Transit

Engineer's transit is a theodolite with a telescope that can be reversed in direction with respect to the rest of The Alidade. Two types of telescopes with respect to focusing: 1. Internal focusing telescope is one that has an objective lens not moving while the focusing screw is being operated.

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Engineering Transit

Engineer's transit is a theodolite with a telescope that can be reversed in direction with respect to the rest of The Alidade. Two types of telescopes with respect to focusing: 1. Internal focusing telescope is one that has an objective lens not moving while the focusing screw is being operated.

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The Engineer's Transit A theodolite is any precise instrument designed to measure horizontal or vertical angles about a point.

A transit is a theodolite with a telescope that can be reversed in direction with respect to the rest of the alidade by rotating it about its horizontal axis without removing it from its bearings. Three main parts of an engineer's transit are: 1. The Alidade. Composed of the telescope assembly attached to the telescope axis mounted on top of the standards, the vertical circle and vernier, plate bubbles, transit compass box, horizontal circle with two verniers A and B 18000' apart, horizontal plate attached to an inner spindle which rotates within the outer spindle, and other minor parts as operating accessories. 2. The Circle Composed of a lower plate with a graduated circle attached to the outer spindle which is seated in the tapered socket of the leveling head. 3. The Leveling Head Composed of a tapered socket, leveling screws, base plate, and ball and socket joint. Two types of telescopes with respect to focusing: 1. Internal focusing telescope is one that has an objective lens not moving while the focusing screw is being operated in focusing the object that is sighted. 2. External focusing telescope - when in the process of focusing using the focusing screw the objective lens moves in and out of the telescope barrel.

Reference: Document accessed througl URL mysite.dlsu.edu.ph/.../documents%5Celemsur... on 7July, 2012.

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