A Treatise on Land-surveying: Comprising the Theory Developed from Five Elementary Principles; and the Practice with the Chain Alone, the Compass, the Transit, the Theodolite, the Plane Table, &c. ...D. Appleton, 1881 - 524 pages |
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ABCD acres alidade Bearing calculated centre CHAPTER chord circle compass complete quadrilateral convenient corner course cross-hairs desired desired line determined diagonal difference direction distance divided division Double Longitude draw drawn East equal feet field Field-notes figure fixed gamboge given line given point half horizontal inaccessible inch India ink instrument intersection Latitudes and Departures length line of sight Magnetic MAGNETIC BEARING mark measured Meridian method move needle North object obtained offsets paper parallel pass perpendicular plane plat plate plumb-line preceding precisely prolonged protractor quadrilateral radius reading represent right angles scale screws side similar triangles sine South square chains stake station straight line subtract survey surveyor telescope Theodolite Theorem tion township Transit trapezoid Trigonometry true North turn Variation Vernier Vernier scale vertical West whence