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2 unusual facts about Dumpy level


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Dumpy level, an optical instrument used in surveying and building to transfer, measure, or set horizontal levels

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In 1832, English civil engineer William Gravatt, who had worked with Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard on the Thames Tunnel, was commissioned by Mr. H.R. Palmer to examine a scheme for the South Eastern Railway's route from London to Dover.



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