ENG 2130 Lecture Notes - Theodolite, Gdf6, Standard Deviation
Document Summary
This lab mainly focuses on finding the vertical and horizontal angles using the theodolite instrument. The first part was mainly on obtaining the skills for setting up the instrument using the optical plummet which is described in detail in the individual reports. The second part was testing the plate bubble and optical plummet of the instrument which is also described in the individual reports. The third part was measuring the vertical and horizontal angles using the theodolite. Then they had to flip the telescope part and take the reading at the last target again and finally take the same measurements this time backwards following the same procedure. The first student started at zero degree angle and the following 4 students did their measurements adding 72 degrees to the angle when they were starting their data collection. The readings are fairly precise because they are being measured by very accurate instruments.
