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Page vii
... common cross - staff and chain , the latter with the chain only . Part IV . also teaches how to survey hilly and uneven ground . The surface of the earth consists of a series of hypotenusal planes joined by curved lines , and before the ...
... common cross - staff and chain , the latter with the chain only . Part IV . also teaches how to survey hilly and uneven ground . The surface of the earth consists of a series of hypotenusal planes joined by curved lines , and before the ...
Page xvi
... Common · 246 249 . 251 252 • 253 255 256 • To set off , upon the Plan , each Proprietor's Allotment or Share of the Common 257 An example of dividing the Common in Plate XII . , & c . 257 • A Book of Quantities , Qualities , Values ...
... Common · 246 249 . 251 252 • 253 255 256 • To set off , upon the Plan , each Proprietor's Allotment or Share of the Common 257 An example of dividing the Common in Plate XII . , & c . 257 • A Book of Quantities , Qualities , Values ...
Page xxi
... common method 418 3. To lay out a railway curve by offsets from its tangents . 420 CASE I. II . When the length of the curve is less than of its radius . 420 When the curve is any required length III . 422 When the length of the curve ...
... common method 418 3. To lay out a railway curve by offsets from its tangents . 420 CASE I. II . When the length of the curve is less than of its radius . 420 When the curve is any required length III . 422 When the length of the curve ...
Page xxiii
... Common VIII . Folded rough Plan of an Actual Survey . IX . Folded finished Plan of the last ( Plate VIII . ) X. Folded rough Plan of an Actual Survey . XI . Folded finished Plan of Survey ( Plate X. ) XIII . Folded Parliamentary Plan ...
... Common VIII . Folded rough Plan of an Actual Survey . IX . Folded finished Plan of the last ( Plate VIII . ) X. Folded rough Plan of an Actual Survey . XI . Folded finished Plan of Survey ( Plate X. ) XIII . Folded Parliamentary Plan ...
Page 19
... common to both ; then the triangle ABC is to the triangle ADE as the square of BC to the square of DE . That is , similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides ( Euc . vi . 19 ; Simp . c iv . 24 ...
... common to both ; then the triangle ABC is to the triangle ADE as the square of BC to the square of DE . That is , similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides ( Euc . vi . 19 ; Simp . c iv . 24 ...
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acres allotment Area 7a base base-line centre chain chain-line circumferentor Commissioners compass constructed the figure convenient cross cross-staff curve cutting diag diagonal direction distance ditto divided Double areas Draw a line Draw the line embankments equal erect the perpendicular Examples feet fences field field-book find its area find the area find the perpendicular following dimensions following notes given gonal ground hill horizontal hypotenusal inches inclosure Indian ink insets Lay the ruler learner length line BC main-line manner mark the temporary measure method move it parallel Offsets taken parallel ruler perches plan and area plane Plate plotting-scale PROBLEM proof-line quadrant radius railway range range W rectangle rhombus right angles right line right-angled triangle river scale scalene triangle side sine slopes square links station surface survey surveyor tangent temporary line theodolite trapezium ABCD trapezoid triangle ABC trigonometry Valuer whole width
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