DCHP-3

flying level

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1829 quote.

Quotations

1829
. . . we were enabled to take, what is called in surveying a flying level, which is a rough guess to a foot, more or less, of the rise or fall of the country above any fixed data.
1829
[We took] what is termed flying levels through the dark woods. . . .
1903
We were taking a flying-level between Rafting Bay and the Rideau--a distance of about four miles.