ENG 2130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Level Staff, Plumb Bob, Reticle
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This lab focuses on using precise instruments to measure the distance between two points. The first two take a cruder approach to measuring the distance whereas the third is much more accurate. In the first part we measured the distance between a point on a pillar and another point on the floor. A steel and fibreglass measuring tape were used and two measurements taken by each student. The standard deviation was computed and the average taken. This was done to weed out any errors in measurement. Part two of the lab focussed on measuring the distance between two points on the floor. Two plumb bobs were used to identify the points on the floor. The steel and fibre glass tapes were used again and two measurements taken by each student. The third part of the lab we used a stadia to measure the distance between two points which are 15 metres apart.
