A stadimeter is an optical device for estimating the range to an object of known height by measuring the angle between the top and bottom of the object...
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Ellis reported to his battle station on the forecastle to operate the stadimeter, a range-finding device for the naval guns. Chief Yeoman Ellis was considered...
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long enough before advancing to the next frame sequence. 1894 Stadimeter A stadimeter, a type of optical rangefinder, is an optical device for estimating...
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by aficionados to antique surveying methods. Milliradian Rangefinder Stadimeter Raymond Davis, Francis Foote, Joe Kelly, Surveying, Theory and Practice...
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capacity spherometer radius of a sphere sphygmomanometer blood pressure stadimeter object range strainmeter seismic strain SWR meter standing wave ratio...
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Metric scale Micrometer Opisometer or curvimeter Pacing (surveying) Ruler Stadimeter Surveyor's wheel Tape measure Thread pitch gauge Ultrasonic thickness...
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Availability of RADAR distance information improved solutions obtained with stadimeter estimates. When operating in a formation of ships, navigation personnel...
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stationkeeping on the master ship when concentrating fire. Two Krylov stadimeters were situated in the lower level of the forward conning tower. These...
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named for Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske (1854–1942), inventor of the Stadimeter and the aerial torpedo. Fiske was launched on 8 September 1945 by Bath...
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overall fire-control system took some time, so eight Ponthus & Therrode stadimeters, which required knowledge of the target's mast height and overall length...
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