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BBC Learning can refer to the following: A department of the BBC North Group division (formerly part of Interactive Factual and Learning), part of BBC
BBC_Learning
Department of the BBC World Service
BBC Learning English is the English language teaching department within BBC World Service. It operates globally via its own website, multiple social media
BBC_Learning_English
British public service broadcaster
BBC Children's, CBeebies, Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Breakfast, BBC Learning and the BBC Philharmonic have all moved from their previous
BBC
Educational overnight television on BBC Two
The BBC Learning Zone (previously The Learning Zone) was an educational strand run by the BBC as an overnight service on BBC Two. It broadcast programming
BBC_Learning_Zone
BBC's department in charge of broadcasting weather forecasts
BBC Weather is the department of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) responsible for both the preparation and the broadcasting of weather forecasts
BBC_Weather
Television channel
became BBC Choice), and the then-called BBC Learning, with the remainder of the channels being launched as the UKTV network, intended to be BBC in all
BBC_Knowledge
Main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland
Taggart from Omagh.[citation needed] BBC Northern Ireland's online service provides News, Sport, Schools, Learning and Programme information for television
BBC_Northern_Ireland
Defunct BBC TV station
Showcase, and BBC Learning (later became BBC Knowledge), with the remainder of the channels being launched as the UKTV network, intended to be BBC in all but
BBC_Choice
Television channel operated by the BBC
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes
BBC_Three
English-language pay television channel
BBC News is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the
BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC_News_(international_TV_channel)
British educational television programming block
BBC Schools, also known as BBC for Schools and Colleges or BBC Education, was the educational programming strand set up by the BBC in 1957, broadcasting
BBC_Schools
British television service
BBC Television is the television service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the
BBC_Television
British television channel
emergence of machine learning" is discussed, as well as "why AI shouldn't spook us". On 19 February 2019, Virgin Media stopped providing BBC Four in standard
BBC_Four
Subset of artificial intelligence
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn
Machine_learning
British television network
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel
BBC_One
British 24-hour television news channel
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts
BBC_News_(British_TV_channel)
Television channel operated by the BBC
and saw the channel broadcast BBC Schools programmes from 1983 until the programmes were transferred to the BBC Learning Zone in 2010. As a result of the
BBC_Two
Television channel
launched in Belgium originally as BBC First on 4 June 2015. On 5 May 2026 BBC Belgium took over from BBC First in Belgium. BBC First launched in Belgium on
BBC_Belgium
American pay television network
selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary series). Unlike the BBC's domestic channels in the United Kingdom, BBC America does not receive
BBC_America
Brand name and home for the BBC's online service
services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and Own It. The BBC has had an online
BBC_Online
Scottish division of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff
BBC_Scotland
Single-board computer designed by the BBC
The BBC had a difficult decision to choose which year group would be the first to receive the free micro:bits, and the BBC's head of learning said that
Micro_Bit
Division for local and regional services
Channel Islands. It is one of the BBC's four "nations" – the others being BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Scotland. The division is made up
BBC_English_Regions
Television channel
BBC News Persian (Persian: تلویزیون فارسی بیبیسی), formerly BBC Persian Television Televizion-e Fârsi-ye BBC) is the BBC's Persian language news channel
BBC_Persian_Television
1979–2018 commercial subsidiary of the BBC
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995
BBC_Worldwide
Former television station
December 2006. BBC Prime – FAQs: Why has BBC Learning ended? From us to them; How the BBC became a world player, The Independent, 11 October 1997 BBC to buy out
BBC_Prime
Interactive television service
BBC Red Button is a brand used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom. The services replaced
BBC_Red_Button
Former Canadian television channel
BBC Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel that mostly broadcast television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service
BBC_Canada
British television producer
Editor of Tomorrow's World, general manager of BBC Worldwide Productions in Mumbai and Controller of BBC Learning. Saul Edward Nassé was born in July 1965 in
Saul_Nassé
Scottish Gaelic language TV channel
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched
BBC_Alba
Television channel
BBC Choice Wales was the national variation for BBC Cymru Wales of the BBC Choice service, that was broadcast by the BBC. The channel was announced, as
BBC_Choice_Wales
High-definition television channel
channels BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies, although earlier and later in its existence programmes from BBC One and BBC Two were
BBC_HD
Australian pay television channel
BBC UKTV is an Australian pay television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives
BBC_UKTV
British free-to-air children's television channel
Children's BBC) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content
CBBC
British children's television network
children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six years and under
CBeebies
Television channel
BBC One Scotland is a Scottish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Scotland. It is the Scottish variation of the UK-wide BBC One
BBC_One_Scotland
British parliamentary television channel
BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that showcases parliamentary content from across the United Kingdom
BBC_Parliament
British Broadcasting Corporation website and former TV channel
BBC Food website has been running since the year 2000 and is part of BBC Learning. Most of the site's recipes are featured on television programmes, but
BBC_Food
Television channel
BBC Brit and BBC Earth in the Nordic countries. A dedicated streaming service, BBC Nordic+, was launched alongside the channel. "BBC Nordic and BBC Nordic+
BBC_Nordic
Teletext information service operated by the BBC
When the BBC launched The Learning Zone in 1995, Ceefax was shown during overnight downtime on BBC Two for the first time, although latterly BBC News filled
Ceefax
International television channel owned by the BBC
October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014, they would roll out three new brands – BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated
BBC_Brit
British educational website from the BBC
would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around
BBC_Bitesize
Television channel
BBC News Arabic (Arabic: بي بي سي نيوز عربي), formerly BBC Arabic Television, is a television news channel broadcast to the Arab world by the BBC. It
BBC_News_Arabic
British Broadcasting Corporation department
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English
BBC_Cymru_Wales
Operational business division of the BBC
contains BBC Sport, along with CBBC, CBeebies, BBC Learning, BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Research
BBC_North
British channels broadcast internationally
BBC Television which includes BBC Red Button BBC Radio BBC iPlayer BBC Online BBC Earth Films BBC Film BBC Orchestras and Singers S4C Foxtel and BBC Worldwide
International BBC television channels
International_BBC_television_channels
Television channel
BBC Kids is the international children's brand of BBC Studios, and has been applied to a number of TV services. It draws from the long history of children's
BBC_Kids
English actress (born 1982)
Broadchurch (2013–2017) and the four-part BBC One medical drama Trust Me (2017). On 16 July 2017, the BBC announced Whittaker would play the Thirteenth
Jodie_Whittaker
Canadian children's British-centric channel
BBC Kids was a Canadian specialty television channel carrying programming for children and teenagers. It was a joint venture between Knowledge West Communications
BBC Kids (Canadian TV channel)
BBC_Kids_(Canadian_TV_channel)
Television channel
originally as BBC First on 16 May 2015. On 15 May 2025 BBC NL took over from BBC First in the Netherlands. The channel is distributed by BBC Benelux, a division
BBC_NL
February 2019. "BBC Learning Zone: Open University/General Interest". BBC Genome. BBC. 16 December 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2019. BBC Somerset goes FM
Timeline_of_the_BBC
British television presenter
Harvest BBC2 and BBC Learning 2013 Ecomaths BBC Learning 2013 Food and Drink BBC2 2014 Disaster Chefs CBBC 2014 Gastrolab BBC Learning 2015 The Secrets
Stefan_Gates
British actor and rapper (born 1982)
and as Jack Holt in the short-lived drama Outcasts (2011). For the BBC Learning project "Off By Heart Shakespeare", Walters delivered one of Shakespeare's
Ashley_Walters
Regional arm of the BBC
BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham. It was the first region outside London to start broadcasting both
BBC_Birmingham
International television channel
BBC Lifestyle is an international television channel wholly owned by BBC Studios. The channel provides six programming strands: Food, Home & Design, Fashion
BBC_Lifestyle
Continuity announcements during BBC children's television
The BBC's presentation of its programmes for children was the only part of BBC One and BBC Two's television presentation where the continuity announcer
Children's_BBC_presentation
International television channel
This table is not complete BBC America BBC Canada BBC Earth BBC First BBC HD (international) BBC Knowledge BBC Lifestyle BBC World News CBeebies Davies
BBC_Entertainment
Educational television series
Alphablocks Ltd with Blue Zoo. It was commissioned by the BBC, with Larkshead Media and Learning Resources holding merchandising rights. The show follows
Numberblocks
British actor, born 1964
production Housewife, 49. In 2012 Sachs appeared in Secrets and Words, a BBC Learning show about adult literacy, and 2013, he appeared as Harry Dangle in the
Hugh_Sachs
Japanese television channel
BBC Japan was a short-lived subscription television channel co-owned by BBC Worldwide and SKY PerfecTV! subsidiary Japan Mediarc that was available via
BBC_Japan
Overnight BBC subscription television service
would later use when broadcasting the BBC Learning Zone. By broadcasting the programming then, it allowed the BBC to broaden their audience, while allowing
BBC_Select_(1992–1995)
International high-definition television channel
BBC HD was launched in 2 June 2008; 18 years ago (2008-06-02) and is an only selected cruise ships international high-definition television channel owned
BBC_HD_(international)
English television presenter (1957–2024)
2011 saw a new series, Meals on Wheels, air on BBC Two. The series fronted a campaign with BBC Learning to save local 'meals on wheels' services around
Dave_Myers_(presenter)
Television identifiers used by BBC Four
have been a result of this aim. BBC Knowledge was launched on 1 June 1999 with the intent of creating a multimedia learning channel. The idea was that computers
BBC_Four_idents
British international television channel
In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014 they would roll out three new brands – BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC First to be dedicated
BBC_First
Documentary subscription television channel
In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014 it would rollout three new brands—BBC Earth, BBC First and BBC Brit, with BBC Earth to be dedicated to
BBC Earth (international TV channel)
BBC_Earth_(international_TV_channel)
English region of the BBC
reduction across BBC English Regions. BBC portal BBC English Regions BBC South Today BBC Radio Berkshire BBC Radio Oxford BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Wiltshire
BBC_South
Television channel
BBC One Wales is a Welsh free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales. It is the Welsh variation of the UK-wide BBC One network
BBC_One_Wales
Scottish TV channel
BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish local free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by
BBC_Scotland_(TV_channel)
Former digital-only television channel (2001–2009)
BBC 2W was a digital television channel run by the BBC in Wales until January 2009. It replaced the standard BBC Two broadcast on digital services in Wales
BBC_2W
Retrieved 17 April 2023. English, BBC Learning. "BBC Learning English - The English We Speak / Smombie". BBC Learning English. Retrieved 25 April 2023
Smartphones and pedestrian safety
Smartphones_and_pedestrian_safety
departments BBC Breakfast, BBC Sport, BBC Children's, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Learning, BBC Research & Development and BBC Philharmonic presently broadcasting
Media_in_Manchester
Television channel
BBC One Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland. It is the Northern Irish variation
BBC_One_Northern_Ireland
Television channel
BBC Living was a short-lived lifestyle channel from BBC Studios. It was available in Australia on Fetch TV from 1 May 2018 to 1 November 2019. At its
BBC_Living
Pashto-language station of the BBC World Service
BBC Pashto (Pashto: بي بي سي پښتو) is the Pashto-language station of the BBC World Service. It was launched in August 1981, and reaches out to the over
BBC_Pashto
Television channel
BBC TV Europe was a BBC subscription-funded television service established in 1987, serving continental Europe, initially Scandinavia. It was available
BBC_TV_Europe
National variation of BBC Two for BBC Cymru Wales
BBC Two Wales is a Welsh free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales as a variation of the BBC Two network. It is broadcast from
BBC_Two_Wales
Crowdsourced born-digital description of the UK, published in 1986
The BBC Domesday Project was a partnership between Acorn Computers, Philips, Logica, and the BBC (with some funding from the European Commission's ESPRIT
BBC_Domesday_Project
Television channel
BBC Choice Scotland was the national variation for BBC Scotland of the BBC Choice service, that was broadcast by the BBC. As with the local variants of
BBC_Choice_Scotland
Division responsible for media content
Following the removal of BBC Schools' content from daytime BBC Two (into the BBC Learning Zone), the time allocated to CBeebies on BBC Two was extended; first
BBC_Children's_and_Education
Set of idents used on BBC One (1997–2002)
The BBC One Balloon idents were a series of idents (station identifications) used on the British TV channel BBC One from 4 October 1997 to 28 March 2002
BBC_One_"Balloon"_idents
Division of the BBC
BBC School Radio is a division of the BBC providing audio learning resources for primary schools in the United Kingdom. The first broadcast to schools
BBC_School_Radio
Former BBC international satellite television channels
BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV (World Service Television), was the name of two BBC international satellite television channels
BBC_World_Service_Television
Children's counting song
Retrieved 9 January 2018. "Nursery rhymes and songs: Five little monkeys". BBC Learning: School Radio. Retrieved 9 January 2018. "Five Little Monkeys Jumping
Five_Little_Monkeys
Educational programming platform
Monster High. It also has partnerships with Apple, Google, Sylvan Learning, BBC Learning, Infosys Foundation USA, Microsoft, PBS and Lego. In September 2021
Tynker
Package of television identifiers created by MansvsMachine and BBC Creative
The BBC One "Lens" idents are the current set of on-screen channel identities used on BBC One; soft launched with the channel's Christmas presentation
BBC_One_"Lens"_idents
Former international television channel
programming from the BBC and independent UK production houses. Wholly owned by BBC Studios, it is not related to the previous channel known as BBC Knowledge, an
BBC_Knowledge_(international)
Trumpet voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1700
of the tune voiced over by the words "Her er London. BBC sender til Danmark." ("This is London. BBC is broadcasting to Denmark.") In Denmark the march thus
Prince_of_Denmark's_March
Australian children's pay television channel
BBC Kids was an Australian pay television channel using the BBC Kids brand, which was exclusive to Telstra's Fetch TV. The channel is aimed at 6 to 10-year-olds
BBC Kids (Australian TV channel)
BBC_Kids_(Australian_TV_channel)
English actress (born 1990)
Child, playing a version of Marilyn Monroe. She also took part in the BBC learning project "Off By Heart Shakespeare" where she played Juliet from Romeo
Lauren_Socha
Brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers
BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand was launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two and ceased broadcasting
BBC_Switch
Archaeologist and television presenter
season 7 of Digging for Britain, broadcast in 2018. She presented the BBC Learning Zone Ancient Voices programme on prehistory, broadcast in 2015, and co-presented
Raksha_Dave
English region of the BBC
controlling centre for BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Essex, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Three Counties Radio. On
BBC_East
Ukrainian folk tale / fairy tale
2023-04-22. English, BBC Learning. "BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 19 / Session 4 / Activity 2". BBC Learning English. Retrieved
Ivasyk-Telesyk
Television station operated by BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Two Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland as a variation of the BBC Two network
BBC_Two_Northern_Ireland
Former online educational service from 2006 to 2007
Jam was the BBC's provision for the Digital Curriculum, an initiative launched by the British Government to provide computer-based learning in UK schools
BBC_Jam
History of idents used on CBBC
longest-running branding package for a BBC service ahead of the BBC Learning Zone strand (18 years from 1997 to 2015) and the BBC Two 1991 idents (14 years from
CBBC_idents
Series of British microcomputers by Acorn
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the
BBC_Micro
Package of television identifiers created by BBC Creative and Superunion
The BBC Two "Curve" idents have been broadcast since 27 September 2018 on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. The identity was developed by BBC Creative and
BBC_Two_"Curve"_idents
The history of BBC television idents begins in the early 1950s when the BBC first displayed a logo between programmes to identify its service. As new technology
History of BBC television idents
History_of_BBC_television_idents
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Kleopatra, CLEOPATRA means "glory of the father." Cleopatra VII reigned as Queen of Egypt from 51-30 B.C. She was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt and is believed to have been black African.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney and Wilson, this is from a Middle English personal name derived from an unattested Old English one, Tæbba. The surname is found mainly in Cornwall, so it could in fact be from a Cornish personal name.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Help. 5th century BC Jewish priest and scholar Ezra wrote three biblical books and began...
Girl/Female
Hebrew American English Spanish
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Strong; carried; brave. Amos was an 8th century B.C. Old Testament prophet.
Boy/Male
Irish
Small.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Caste of Bc; Royalty; Great Person; Rural; Dominate Caste in South India
Boy/Male
Latin
General from the 3rd century B.C. who crossed the Alps with 30,000 men and 38 elephants during...
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Caste of Bc; Diamond; Great Parson
Girl/Female
Hebrew American
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Male Deer
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Swedish
Most Bbb Name; Coolest Name Ever; Pet Form of Mary; The Perfect One; Bitterness; Sorrow; Star of the Sea; Beloved
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Ruler; Caste of Bc
Girl/Female
Hebrew American English French
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Boy/Male
Hebrew Biblical
Strong; carried; brave. Amos was an 8th century B.C. Old Testament prophet.
Girl/Female
Greek
Welcome. Famous bearer: Aspasia was a 5th century BC mistress of the Athenian statesman...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
Boy/Male
Scottish
Bank.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Norfolk named Beccles, from Old English bec(e), bæce ‘stream’ + lǣs ‘meadow’.
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
Girl/Female
Tamil
Livnoor | லீவà¯à®¨à¯‚à®°
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian
Heaven Gates; Pure Water
Girl/Female
Tamil
Samprathiksha | ஸமà¯à®ªà¯à®°à®¤à¯€à®•à¯à®·à®¾
Expectation, Hope
Girl/Female
Basque Spanish
Health.
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Joyful; Never Ending
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Hoping; Full of Hope
Boy/Male
Tamil
King, King of earth
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Devine Blessing
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Latin Johannes, JÓHANNES means "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Gentle
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
BBC LEARNING
n.
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
n.
The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
a.
Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.
a.
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
n.
A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
n.
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
n.
A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.
a.
Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
n.
An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning.
v. t.
To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.
n.
The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
n.
The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
n.
A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
n.
A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
n.
A book used in schools for learning lessons.
n.
Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
v. t.
To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
n.
An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard.