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Instructions for use
Readings are usually taken with the right eye. Owing to differences in the keenness of
the sight of the eyes and because of personal preferences the use of the left eye is
sometimes easier. It is of prime importance that both eyes are kept open. The sup-
porting hand must not obstruct the vision of the other eye.
The instrument is held in front of the reading eye so
that the scale can be read through the eye piece,
and the round side-window faces to the left.
The instrument is aimed at the object by raising or
lowering it until the horizontal hairline is sighted
against the point to be measured. The position of
the hairline now on the scale is the reading. Owing
to an optical illusion the hairline (cross-hair) seems
to continue outside the housing and is thus easily
observed against the sighted object (Fig. 7).
The left-hand scale angle gives the slope angle in
degrees from the horizontal plane at eye level.
The right-hand scale gives the height of the point of
sight from the same horizontal eye level, and it is
expressed in per cent of the horizontal distance.
The following example illustrates the procedure.
+ AND -
DEGREE
SCALE
+ AND -
PER CENT
SCALE
HAIRLINE
EXTENDED
BY OPTICAL
ILLUSION
THIRD SCALE
IN SIDE
WINDOW
10
10
-
0
0
-
10
10
+
+
10
10
-
0
0
-
10
10
+
+
Fig. 7. The hairline
indicates the reading