Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey, for the Formation of Topographical Plans: And Instructions for Filling-in the Interior Detail, Both by Measurement and Sketching : Military Reconnaissance, Leveling, &c., &c., with the Explanation and Solution of Some of the Most Useful Problems in Geodesy and Practical Astronomy, to which are Added a Few Formulæ and Tables of General Utility for Facilitating Their Calculation |
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Descriptions of various projections will be found in the works of Puissant , Francæur , and other authors on the subject ; and some very useful explanations of the projections of the sphere , in a treatise on “ Practical Geometry and ...
Descriptions of various projections will be found in the works of Puissant , Francæur , and other authors on the subject ; and some very useful explanations of the projections of the sphere , in a treatise on “ Practical Geometry and ...
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Page 75 - AB, aBA, the sum of the two refractions ; hence, supposing half that sum to be the true refraction, we have the following rule when the objects are reciprocally depressed. Subtract the sum of the two depressions from the contained arc, and half the remainder is the mean refraction : — If one of the points B, instead of being depressed, be elevated suppose to the point g, the angle of elevation being g AD, then * " Trigonometrical Survey," TOl. ip 175. See also, on the subject of refraction, Woodhouse's...
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Page 152 - ... correction, with its proper sign. If the sign be +, the correction must be added to the reduced altitude; but if it be — , it must be subtracted : in either case the result will give an Approximate Latitude. With the Altitude and Sidereal Time of observation, take out the second correction, and with the day of the month and the same Sidereal time, take out the third correction.
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| Title | Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey, for the Formation of Topographical Plans: And Instructions for Filling-in the Interior Detail, Both by Measurement and Sketching : Military Reconnaissance, Leveling, &c., &c., with the Explanation and Solution of Some of the Most ... |
| Author | Edward Charles Frome |
| Publisher | John Weale Architectural Library, 1840 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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