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Dumpy Level

The dumpy level is an optical surveying instrument with a telescope secured horizontally to measure relative elevation points. It has simpler construction than the Wye level with fewer adjustable parts and a longer adjustment life. A tilting level allows the telescope to flip 180 degrees to cancel out errors. It features high magnification and a reversible telescope and level to eliminate divergence between the line of sight and level at readings 180 degrees apart. An automatic level uses a bull's eye spirit level and telescope to measure height differences on construction sites related to a reference datum point.

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Dumpy Level

The dumpy level is an optical surveying instrument with a telescope secured horizontally to measure relative elevation points. It has simpler construction than the Wye level with fewer adjustable parts and a longer adjustment life. A tilting level allows the telescope to flip 180 degrees to cancel out errors. It features high magnification and a reversible telescope and level to eliminate divergence between the line of sight and level at readings 180 degrees apart. An automatic level uses a bull's eye spirit level and telescope to measure height differences on construction sites related to a reference datum point.

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Dumpy level is an optical surveying leveling instrument consisting a telescope tube firmly

secured in two collars fixed by adjusting screws to the stage by the vertical spindle. The
telescope can rotate only in a horizontal plane. Relative elevation of different points of a
surveying land is determined with dumpy level.
The advantages of the dumpy level over the Wye level are:

Simpler construction with fewer movable parts


Fewer adjustments to be made
Longer life of the adjustments

The essential difference between the dumpy level and the wye level is that in the former case
the telescope is fixed to the spindle while in the Wye level, the telescope is carried in two vertical
Wyesupports. The Wye support consists of curved lips. If the clips are raised, the telescope can
be rotated in the Wyes, o removed and turned end for end. When the clips are fastened, the
telescope is held from turning about its axis by a lug on one of the clips. The bubble tube may be
attached either to telescope or to the stage carrying the wyes. The Wye level has an advantage
over the dumpy level in the fact that the adjustments can be tested with greater rapidity and
ease
A variation on the dumpy and one that was often used by surveyors, where greater accuracy and
error checking was required, is a tilting level. This instrument allows the telescope to be
effectively flipped through 180, without rotating the head. The telescope is hinged to one side of
the instrument's axis; flipping it involves lifting to the other side of the central axis (thereby
inverting the telescope). This action effectively cancels out any errors introduced by poor setup
procedure or errors in the instrument's adjustment.
tilting level is an accurate, quick to use instrument for top quality work. The telescope features
26x magnification with an inverted bright image permitting staff readings of high accuracy. It
also features a reversible tubular level and telescope, which allows the divergence between the
line of collimation and the bubble tube axis at two staff readings (180 apart) to be automatically
eliminated by taking the mean of the two readings.
Automatic level
An automatic level is an optical instrument that you use to measure how high different points are
in relation to each other. This level has a telescope with a small but accurate bulls eye spirit
level attached to it. This instrument is used on construction sites to measure height differences
between different parts of a structure. One of the most important tasks of the automatic level is
to make sure that the structure, starting with its foundations, is at the elevations set by the
drawings and specifications. All elevations are related to one point, known as the datum, the
benchmark or the reference point
Surveying Vol.1 by Dr. B.C. Punmia, Ashok K. Jain, Arun K. Jain
http://civiltoday.com/surveying/12-dumpy-level
Construction Planning by A du Preez, S Robertson, S Smith
http://www.whycos.org/fck_editor/upload/File/PacificHYCOS/Surface_Waters/Levelling_and_surveying.pdf

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