A Treatise on Levelling, Topography, and Higher Surveying

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D. Appleton, 1870 - 171 pages

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Contents

WATERLEVELS ART PAGE 19 Continuous Waterlevels
10
Visual Waterlevels
11
AIR BUBBLE OR SPIRIT LEVELS 21 The Spiritlevel
12
Blocklevel
13
Level with Sights
14
The Telescope Level
15
The Y Level
16
The Crosshairs
17
Supports
18
First Adjustment
19
Second Adjustment
20
Centring the Objectglass and Eyepiece
21
Adjustment by the Peg Method
22
Verification by another Telescope
23
Gravatts Level
24
Tripods
25
Target
26
Verniers
27
Speaking Rods
28
Field Routine
30
Fieldnotes
32
First Form of Fieldbook
33
Second Form of Fieldbook
35
Third Form of Fieldbook
38
Best Length of Sight 58 Equal Distances of Sight 59 Datumlevel
39
Benchmarks 61 Testlevels
40
Limits of Precision 63 Flyinglevels 64 Levelling for Sections 65 Profiles
41
Crosslevels
42
DIFFICULTIES 67 Steep Slopes
43
When the Rod is too low 69 When the Rod is too high 70 When the Rod is too near
45
Levelling across Water 72 Across a Swamp or Marsh
46
Problem II 16
51
METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS ART PAGE 87 Vertical Surveying
53
Vertical Angles
54
Instruments
55
Slopes
56
Adjustments
58
FieldWork
60
Angular Profiles
61
Burniers Level
62
SIMPLE ANGULAR LEVELLING A For Short Distances 98 Principle
63
B For Greater Distances 100 Correction for Curvature
64
Correction for Refraction
65
Correction for Refraction
66
Reciprocal Observation for cancelling Refraction
67
When the Height of the Signal cannot be Measured
68
Levelling by the Horizon of the Sea
69
COMPOUND ANGULAR LEVELLING 110 By Angular Coördinates in one Plane
70
By Angular Coördinates in several Planes
71
Through Underwood
73
Over a Board Fence
74
Over a Wall
75
Through a House
76
The
77
Wind
78
Idiosyncrasies
79
Reciprocal Levelling
80
Its Nature
81
Difficulties
82
Staking out Work
83
Conventionalities
92
BY LINES OF GREATEST SLOPE 155 Their Direction
93
Degree of Shade
94
Shades by Contourlines
95
Diapason of Tints
97
CONVENTIONAL SIGNS 166 Signs for Natural Surface
98
Signs for Water
99
Signs for Miscellaneous Objects
101
Scales
103
PART V
105
The Old Method
106
The New Method
108
The Mining Transit 177 Mapping
109
Second Object 179 When the Mine is entered by an Adit
110
When the Mine is entered by a Shaft 181 To Dispense with the Magnetic Needle
111
Principles
113
Applications
114
Correction for Temperature of the Mercury
115
Correction for Temperature of the
116
Other Corrections
117
Rules for calculating Heights
118
Formulas
119
To Correct for Latitude
120
Final English Formula
121
French Formulas
122
Babinets Formula
123
Tables
124
Approximations
125
Mountain Barometers
126
The Aneroid Barometer
127
Boilingpoint Barometer
128
Accuracy of Barometric Observations
129
Simultaneous Observations
130
PART IV
131
Systems
132
General Ideas
133
Plane of Reference
134
Vertical Distances of the Horizontal Sections
135
Methods for determining Contourlines
136
Instrumental Solution
137
Between Stations
138
The Soundingline
139
TIDEWATERS ART 220 Tides
140
Difference on Atlantic and Pacific Coast 222 Mean Level of the Sea 223 High and Low Water 224 Establishment of a Place 225 Tide Gauges
141
Tide Tables
142
Gauges in Bends 228 Beacons and Buoys
144
THE CHART
145
Methods of Fixing Points on the Chart 230 Conventional Signs
146
PART VIII
147
Outline of Operations
148
Measuring the Base 235 Corrections of the Base 236 Reducing the Base to the Level of the
152
A Broken Base 238 Base of Verification
153
Choice of Stations
154
Signals
157
Observations of the Angles
159
Reduction to the Centre
160
The Angles 244 Spherical Excess
162
Correction of the Angles 246 Interior Fillingup
164
Lees Formulas 17
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