Course of Civil Engineering: Comprising Plane Trigonometry, Surveying, and Levelling. With Their Application to the Construction of Common Roads, Railways, Canals ...S.J. Machen, 1842 |
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... taken with the sextants , to true horizontal angles 229 Calculation of triangles 232 To fill in a survey 237 To survey a town or city 238 MARITIME SURVEYING 341 Trigonometrical Surveying , as applied to a large segment of the earth 246 ...
... taken with the sextants , to true horizontal angles 229 Calculation of triangles 232 To fill in a survey 237 To survey a town or city 238 MARITIME SURVEYING 341 Trigonometrical Surveying , as applied to a large segment of the earth 246 ...
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... taken from the meridian 285 SUBTERRANEAN SURVEYING 288 To find the variation of the compass 290 To find the scale to which a map was laid down 292 To cut off any required number of acres from a survey 292 To divide a farm or estate into ...
... taken from the meridian 285 SUBTERRANEAN SURVEYING 288 To find the variation of the compass 290 To find the scale to which a map was laid down 292 To cut off any required number of acres from a survey 292 To divide a farm or estate into ...
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... taken any arc AB , erect the perpendicular AP , meeting OB produced ; also draw CG and DB perpendicular to OC , and BS perpendicular to OA . Then CB is the complement of the assumed arc AB ; its supplement is BCF ; BS is the sine ; BD ...
... taken any arc AB , erect the perpendicular AP , meeting OB produced ; also draw CG and DB perpendicular to OC , and BS perpendicular to OA . Then CB is the complement of the assumed arc AB ; its supplement is BCF ; BS is the sine ; BD ...
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... taken from a scale of equal parts ; the distance 477 , the logarithm of 3 , is to be set off from 1 to 3 ; and 602 , the logarithm of 4 , is to be set off from 1 to 4 , & c . These are all the primary divisions on this line , and the ...
... taken from a scale of equal parts ; the distance 477 , the logarithm of 3 , is to be set off from 1 to 3 ; and 602 , the logarithm of 4 , is to be set off from 1 to 4 , & c . These are all the primary divisions on this line , and the ...
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... taken from the same scale of equal parts from which the line of num- bers was constructed , and set off from 90 towards the left hand , gives the sines of the above degrees respec- tively . As the sine of 90 ° is equal to radius , and ...
... taken from the same scale of equal parts from which the line of num- bers was constructed , and set off from 90 towards the left hand , gives the sines of the above degrees respec- tively . As the sine of 90 ° is equal to radius , and ...
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Page ix - into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree being divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c.
Page 38 - the angle opposite to that other given side is always acute. But when the given side opposite to the given angle, is less than the other given side, then the angle opposite that other given side may be either acute or obtuse, and
Page 147 - The number of changes shows how many times ten chains the line contains, to which the follower adds the arrows he holds in his hand, and the number of links of another chain over to the mark or end of the line.
Page 40 - sum of the other two, as their difference is to the difference of the segments of the base, made by a perpendicular
Page 81 - Suppose that in carrying on an extensive survey, the distance between two spires, A and B, has been found equal to 6594 yards, and that C and D are two eminences conveniently situated for extending the triangles, but not admitting of the determination of their distance by actual admeasurement ; to ascertain it, therefore,
Page 206 - materially from the arcs which they subtend. Let the three angles of the spherical triangle be represented by A, B, C ; and their opposite sides by a, b, c ; and let a', b', c', represent the chords of these sides, which chords are supposed not to differ
Page 40 - of half the perimeter above those sides, as the square of the radius is to the square of the sine of half the angle included by
Page 70 - of the bottom of the object, equal 27°, and of its top 19°. Required the height of the object, and the distance of the mark from its bottom. Here,
Page 5 - 0, 10, 20, 30, &c. ; each of these large divisions represents 10 degrees of the equator, or 600 miles. The first of these divisions is sometimes divided into 40 equal parts, each representing 15 miles. The
Page 148 - with the cross, by fixing it by trials on such parts of the line as that through one pair of the sights both ends of the line may appear, and through the other pair you