A complete treatise on practical land-surveying1870 |
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Page ix
... horizontal plane , and embrace lands intersected by a railway . The remaining six include surveys of rivers , tidal , mountainous , and intermediate ; canals , embankments , lands reclaimed from the sea , & c . They are principally on ...
... horizontal plane , and embrace lands intersected by a railway . The remaining six include surveys of rivers , tidal , mountainous , and intermediate ; canals , embankments , lands reclaimed from the sea , & c . They are principally on ...
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... Horizontal Lines . METHOD I. • A table for reducing hypotenusal to horizontal lines . . 141 142 Quadrants and their use To take the altitude of a xii CONTENTS .
... Horizontal Lines . METHOD I. • A table for reducing hypotenusal to horizontal lines . . 141 142 Quadrants and their use To take the altitude of a xii CONTENTS .
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... horizontal line by elevating the chain , in ascending or descending a hill 143 • METHOD III . . The description and use of King's quadrant Nesbit's quadrant A table by which a quadrant ( invented by the author ) may be con- structed ...
... horizontal line by elevating the chain , in ascending or descending a hill 143 • METHOD III . . The description and use of King's quadrant Nesbit's quadrant A table by which a quadrant ( invented by the author ) may be con- structed ...
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... horizontal survey Directions for longitudinal and transverse sections for embank- ments • . II . Directions for the survey of a tidal river 1. The breadth of a river as determined by its tributaries • 2. The breadth of a river as ...
... horizontal survey Directions for longitudinal and transverse sections for embank- ments • . II . Directions for the survey of a tidal river 1. The breadth of a river as determined by its tributaries • 2. The breadth of a river as ...
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... . III . IV . The Measurement of Angles The Theodolite SECTION IV . € 331 334 . 336 339 340 • 342 • 349 . 349 . 350 351 . 352 352 . 352 354 355 356 . 357 PAGE To take a Horizontal Angle with the Theodolite . xviii CONTENTS .
... . III . IV . The Measurement of Angles The Theodolite SECTION IV . € 331 334 . 336 339 340 • 342 • 349 . 349 . 350 351 . 352 352 . 352 354 355 356 . 357 PAGE To take a Horizontal Angle with the Theodolite . xviii CONTENTS .
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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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