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Dumpy Level

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A level having a short telescope hence its name rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane The telescope is usually an inverting one It is sometimes called the Troughton level from the name of the inventor and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level

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