A Treatise on Surveying: Containing the Theory and Practice: to which is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry. The Whole Clearly Demonstrated and Illustrated by a Large Number of Appropriate Examples, Particularly Adapted to the Use of SchoolsKimber & Sharpless, 1833 - 368 pages |
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100 Distance ABē ABCD acres adjacent adjacent angles angle opposite angles ABC base bearings and distances Calculation centre changed bearing Co-secant Secant Co-sine Co-tang column compass decimal degrees DEMONSTRATION describe the arc diff difference of latitude dist divide division line draw east equal EXAMPLES feet figures find the angles find the area fourth term given angle given area given bearing given number given side Given the bearings Hence hypothenuse John Gummere LatDegDegDegDeg latitude and departure length line FE logarithm M.
M. Sine measured meridian multiplier off-sets parallelogram parture perches perpendicular place of beginning pole star prob quired quotient radius rectangle Required the area right angles right-angled triangle side AC square root station stationary lines subtract take the difference Tangent tract of land trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry two-pole chains