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| In ] '''Rope stretchers''' were ]s who ]d ] lines and ] using ]s which they stretched in order to take the sag out of the rope. As far back as the ]s of ] and the ] the Egyptians document the process the royal surveyors used to restore the boundaries of fields after each innundation or ]. | In ] '''Rope stretchers''' were ]s who ]d ] lines and ] using ]s which they stretched in order to take the sag out of the rope. As far back as the ]s of ] and the ] the Egyptians document the process the royal surveyors used to restore the boundaries of fields after each innundation or ]. | ||
| Rope stretchers used ] the plumet, which are still in use by modern surveyors. The plummet can be used with a square ruled off into intervals on tongue and blade to get a unit rise and run or angle when taking an elevation to a distant point as with a modern sextant. | Rope stretchers used ] and the ], which are still in use by modern surveyors. The plummet can be used with a square ruled off into intervals on tongue and blade to get a unit rise and run or angle when taking an elevation to a distant point as with a modern sextant. | ||
| Rope stretching technology spread to ] and ], where it stimulated the development of ] and ]. | Rope stretching technology spread to ] and ], where it stimulated the development of ] and ]. | ||
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In ancient Egypt Rope stretchers were surveyors who measured property lines and foundations using knotted cords which they stretched in order to take the sag out of the rope. As far back as the palettes of Narmer and the Scorpion King the Egyptians document the process the royal surveyors used to restore the boundaries of fields after each innundation or flood.
Rope stretchers used 3-4-5 triangles and the plumet, which are still in use by modern surveyors. The plummet can be used with a square ruled off into intervals on tongue and blade to get a unit rise and run or angle when taking an elevation to a distant point as with a modern sextant.
Rope stretching technology spread to ancient Greece and India, where it stimulated the development of geometry and mathematics.
See also
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- rope stretchers
- surveying instruments
- proportions "The knowledge of pleasing proportions of the rope stretchers was incorporated by the Greeks"