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2. Coast Artillery fire control system - Wikipedia

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   A conceptual diagram of the flow of fire control data in the Coast Artillery (in 1940). The set forward point of the target was generated by using the plotting board (1). This position was then corrected for factors affecting range and azimuth (2). Finally, fire was adjusted for observations of the actual fall of the shells (3), and new firing ...

3. Porro prism - Wikipedia

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   A double Porro prism system reflects light four times. Porro prisms are most often used in pairs, forming a double Porro prism. A second prism rotated 90° with respect to the first, is placed such that light will traverse both prisms. The net effect of the prism system is a beam parallel to but displaced from its original direction, with the ...

4. Tribunal correctionnel - Wikipedia

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   Tribunal correctionnel. In France, the correctional court ( French: tribunal correctionnel ) is the court of first instance that has jurisdiction in criminal matters [1] regarding offenses classified as délits [ fr] [2] [3] (middling-level crimes) [a] committed by an adult. [4] In 2013, French correctional courts rendered 576,859 judgments and ...

5. New York State Department of Corrections and Community ...

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   Former name: NYS Dept. of Correctional Services. (1971–2011) The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ( NYSDOCCS) is the department of the New York State government [3] that administers the state prison and parole system, including 44 prisons funded by the state government. [4] New York State currently ...

6. Schmidt–Pechan prism - Wikipedia

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   A Schmidt–Pechan prism is a type of optical prism used to rotate an image by 180°. These prisms are commonly used in binoculars as an image erecting system. The Schmidt–Pechan prism makes use of a roof prism section (from the German: "Dachkante", lit. roof edge ). Binoculars designs using Schmidt–Pechan prisms can be constructed more ...

7. Maddox rod - Wikipedia

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   The strength of the prism is increased until the streak of the light passes through the centre of the prism, as the strength of the prism indicates the amount of deviation present. The Maddox rod is a handheld instrument composed of red parallel plano convex cylinder lens , which refracts light rays so that a point source of light is seen as a ...