These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'plumb bob.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2018 Cake pans, coffee pots, cash registers, and a white ElectroChef stove appeared amid scientific instruments such as steel calipers and a brass plumb bob. Rhett Allain, WIRED, Accurate to within 1/4 of an inch per 100 feet of range, the kit comes with a tripod with quick-adjust legs, a heavy-duty 8-foot aluminum grade rod (feet-inches-eighths), a plumb bob, and a kit box to safeguard the laser during transport.ĭavid Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2019 The plumb bob will hang at the angle reading for your latitude. 2020 For a long time, the tools used to measure medieval buildings were nearly as old as the buildings themselves: plumb bobs, string, rulers, and pencils.Īndrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2022 For holes deeper than three feet, drop a plumb bob (a conical weight attached to a string) into it to give you some sense whether the hole itself is plumb and uniformly shaped. PLUMB BOB meaning: 1 : a usually small, heavy object that is used to make a string or rope hang straight the heavy object that is part of a plumb line. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, Where many competitors use surveying equipment that’s accurate to within a thousandth of a degree to orient their robots on startup, Coordinated often relies on a plumb bob (cost: a few bucks).
Recent Examples on the Web Possible uses included: a plumb bob or a loom weight, a liquid sprinkler, a fire starter, a lamp, a smoking pipe, or parts of an apparatus for distillation.
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