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By this means a perfectly horizontal plane is obtained, as true as with the best spirit-levels, and in less time.

From Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Then, having two musket bullets attached to a silk thread, simply hang them over the camera, and everything required will be attained much quicker by these plumb-lines, and with accuracy equal to the spirit-levels.

From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

They also formed a heap upon my theodolite, rising over the spirit-levels and embracing the lower portion of the vertical arc.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John