Did you know that in the time it has takes Greg Norman to plumb bob a four-foot putt, another four species have become extinct, Stephen King has released two more novels, and an even smaller camcorder has been introduced to the market?
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The submarine later participated in several inter-type fleet exercises in home waters and in the Caribbean . " Trumpetfish " underwent a routine yard period at Charleston before taking part in Exercises " Plumb Bob I " and " Minibox " in 1965.
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"' Plumb Bob Point "'( ) is a tapering rock point, 4 nautical miles ( 7 km ) northeast of Knobhead, marking the northeast extremity of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, and the point of apposition of the east-flowing Taylor Glacier and Ferrar Glacier.
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One of my favorite examples of a simple technology which is still in use after thousands of years, despite far more technical solutions existing, is the plumb bob used to create a vertical chalk line . talk ) 17 : 02, 17 July 2014 ( UTC)
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The machine is set up using the built-in spirit level or plumb bob, and the line along the surface is then guaranteed to be accurately horizontal or vertical to within a certain tolerance, specified either in millimetres per metre or fractions of an inch over a specified distance in feet.
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Nodules of the material were carefully flaked to make blades and arrowheads of moderate hardness and durability even after copper was adopted for this purpose . [ 28 ] The Egyptians worked deposits of the lead ore galena at Gebel Rosas to make net sinkers, plumb bobs, and small figurines.
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Then, with a metallic unsnapping of locks, the lid would lift _ open sesame ! we'd sometimes shout _ and suddenly, magically, there were the tools, lying in almost sacramental order : hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, clamps; a metal file, a spirit level, a plumb bob and a soldering iron; shears for cutting metal and pliers for braiding wire.
