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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">transits</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>angle measuring devices</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>surveying instruments</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>transit-instruments</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>transits, surveying</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>transits, surveyors&apos;</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>instruments, transit</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>surveying transits</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>surveyors&apos; transit</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>surveyors&apos; transits</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tacheometers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tachymeter</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tachymeters</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>transit</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>transit instruments</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>transit, surveyors&apos;</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Surveying instruments designed primarily to measure horizontal and vertical angles and generally consisting of telescope, spirit level, graduated plates, verniers, various leveling screws, and often a compass. ]]></note></mads>