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The Fixed Survey Meter was a specialist detection instrument used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War between 1958 and 1982 to detect ionising radiation from nuclear fallout generated by a ground burst.[1]

  1. ^ "ROC History at Subterranean Brittania". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

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Fixed Survey Meter

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United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation

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off-shore industry, as not all platforms are fixed and are thus subject to movement. Foundation survey: a survey done to collect the positional data on a...

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without a separate meter. A "flat rate" (more accurately known as fixed rate) for electricity is a fixed price per unit (kWh), not a fixed price per month...

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the top number fixed only formally changes notation, without changing meaning – 3 8, 3 4, 3 2, and 3 1 are all three beats to a meter, just noted with...

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agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile. The US survey yard is very slightly longer. The term, yard...

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