faults of survey instrument design?
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It's all in the questions!
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they are cheap compare to electron microscope.\nbut there is limitation of zooming large.
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I am not quite sure what the question is. What should the manufacturer do? Did they already do the experiments or do you want to know what sort of experiments to do? Do you want to know how to reduce the data? How to present the data? What statistical tools might be useful?
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Here is a great article with sample problems.\n\nHope this helps!
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Direct measurement will be correct.\nPeople can be mistaken, or lie.\n\n;-D Where did you not learn to spell? Wow.
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Well, this is an interesting lesson in geometry, eh? Since the earth is a sphere (more or less) that rotates on an axis - the N & S points were chosen as the intersecting points for longitudinal lines of measurement - which all go back to the length of a day and segments thereof - as well as 360 degrees which were derived roughly from the concept of a 360 day year (it is actually 365+ but back in time the 360 measurement worked wonders for calculationsand thus it fit into geometry of all kinds .. including the longitudinal slices of the earth in 1 degree increments). If you chose to - you could select another two points each an oposite 90 degrees from the N and S poles (which made sense becauseof the magnetic N and the rotational axis). The other two points would be arbitrary. Somebody would have to mark those spots. A secondary longitudinal series could then overlay the primary longitudinal lines and create a kind of variable grid based on an arbitrary selection of the two secondary points. Actually ONE of those lines would lie on top of one of the primary (current) longitudianal lines and it would be a double use line or a kind of disection of hemispheres.  \nBUT\nIt would not be measuring anything very well because the secondary points are arbitrary and not related to anything else.  \nSO\nThe reason the latitude disectors came into play with their resulting grids over the face of earth'ssphere, was becuase they help measure something.  Since stars, the sun and the moon are  always - based on measured timepieces - in the same place and the same time repeatedly, you could measure the distance above the horizon to a star and figure out how far you were N or S of the equator - a halfway point from N to S.  It became easy this way to use the North Star to detect your position N or S by the angle of THAT star above the horizon becuase it was always amost right on top of the N Pole.  So the slices of LATITUDE N and S were critical to navigation. Once the clock was perfected to hold accurate time within a few seconds a month, the accuracy of E and W postion on earth relative to the stars also became possible.  If people did not need to know were they were on earth (especially ships at sea) there would have been no need for a good grid system.
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could be several reasons;\n\nif the material you're weighing is volatile and is evaporating you will find it impossible to get an accurate weight, further the fumes migh condense later at muck up the weighing mechanism,\n\nalso if the material contains solvent that is evaporating, or if its degrading by loss of gas or whatever you wont get an accurate reading\n\nI suppose that if the sample is hot it will conduct heat through the scale mechanism which might damage it - these instruments are very sensitive\n\nim sure there's lots of other reasons but these are the fiirst that come to mind\n\nhope this helps
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As an Australian I just find it frustrating converting back and forth.  I find the metric system much easier to calculate in, but then that is what I learned.  I don't think it disadvantages the US scholars as long as there are people and/or programs that can accurately convert, but there is a danger that mistakes are made, such as one of the launches to Mars where some members did their calculations in metric and some did theirs in imperial and there was a huge stuff-up.  Lucky it was just an un-manned mission and no lives were put in danger.  Where lives are at risk then we just have to have extra-careful procedures that double and triple check things (including drug dosages) to make sure our understanding of amounts, volumes, distances etc are the same.\n\nIt is also a pain when trying to make up US recipes where your cups are a different measure to our standard metric cups :)
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Surveyors have equipment that does that.\n\n If you need a rough # you can stand back and use a fixed item like a person (at that same point) use it as a baseline with a scale measure the person and then measure the tank take the # of time you repeated the scaling and multiply it by your know distance. Its rough but will get you close.
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Try the ntional geoligical survey. Its a web site
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Didn't got the question do you want the solution for all the problems of goodman's Introduction to Fourier optics book? Well I do not think I have them any more if you want a specific problem I can help you. I can even try to get a chapter solution for you. Just tell me each one, I can try to get it for you, I do not garantee but I think I may have a way to got them just send me an email (I have a yahoo email). If you have the solutions and you don't understand tell me each problem I can do it in more detail probably, not garantee at 100% but at a good 90% .
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Although theoretically it would be very helpful for the seller have a survey done for all prospective buyers, it is very rarely done and obviously, you can't be sure if it is a truly accurate and unbiased survey.\n\nIt is expected that buyers commission their own surveys when buying a house in Scotland, though expensive, you can be sure that this survey is unbiased.
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You do need to see the EXACT question(s) to analyze the results.  You also need to know what the series of questions was, because that can influence the answers.   \n\nBut many surveying organizations are very careful about not biasing the results; others, not so much.  I generally trust Harris, Gallop, and Zogby.  There are plenty of polling organizations out there that will get you whatever results you ant to see.  Please Note: even if the company/organization that does the polling does it all fairly, the groups that publish only parts of the results 9such as some newspapers - not all) sometimes pick and choose answers to match the side they support. And sometimes, the people who publish don't know enough about polling and statistics and they change something or imply something - not knowing there is a difference.
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Traversing is a form of a control survey that is used in a wide variety of surveys. Traverses are a series of established stations that are linked together by the angle and distance between adjacent points. The angles are measured by theodolites, and the distances are measured by an EDME. The AISI total station combines both of these functions. Detailed information pertaining to traverse design, data collection, and limitations are discussed in the SSGCN. Appendix B summarizes the standards for control surveys. Appendix C details the recommended procedures for traverse computations.
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What's up with this question? I can't find any mention of an uptometer anywhere except in this ?
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Int'l date line is the most likely answer they're seeking.\nCalendar is a close #2\n\nBut if we were on Family Feud, what would the survey rank at #3?\n\nThe second, minute, or hour hand on a clock?\n\nThe Prime Meridian?\n\nAny line of longitude?\n\nAn invisible fence?  (if your dogs are named Tue. and Wed.)
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Your neighbor has the right to refuse to accept the results of your survey. They can get a survey of their property done by a different surveyor. If the results of that survey are different than your survey, then you and your neighbor should try to reach a settlement. If you cannot agree on a solution, then you or your neighbor will have to file a lawsuit, and a judge will decide which survey is the best. You and your neighbor should be willing to compromise, in order to avoid going to court, if at all possible, since the expense will probably not justify the outcome, even if you win the case. If you can agree on a certain line with your neighbor, the surveyors can help you document the new property line, saving you from resorting to litigation.