A complete treatise on practical land-surveying1870 |
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Page vii
... survey hilly and uneven ground . The surface of the earth consists of a series of hypotenusal planes joined by curved lines , and before the dimensions of these can be plotted on to a plan , they have to be reduced to base - measure or ...
... survey hilly and uneven ground . The surface of the earth consists of a series of hypotenusal planes joined by curved lines , and before the dimensions of these can be plotted on to a plan , they have to be reduced to base - measure or ...
Page viii
... survey of a projected railway . The Tenth includes Railway Engineering under seven sections , viz . : — Section I. treats of levels and levelling , including trial , check , and cross levels ; check levelling ; correction for curvature ...
... survey of a projected railway . The Tenth includes Railway Engineering under seven sections , viz . : — Section I. treats of levels and levelling , including trial , check , and cross levels ; check levelling ; correction for curvature ...
Page ix
... survey a wood . Sect . III . To survey a wood or river . Sect . IV . gives the practice of taking bearings by two stations . Sect . V. To survey a town or city . Sect . VI . To range lines and take bearings in extensive surveys . Sect ...
... survey a wood . Sect . III . To survey a wood or river . Sect . IV . gives the practice of taking bearings by two stations . Sect . V. To survey a town or city . Sect . VI . To range lines and take bearings in extensive surveys . Sect ...
Page x
... survey of the ground , -conditions almost wholly impracticable , —it was con- sidered advisable to make this change , as preliminary surveys of the kind in question are frequently demanded ... Survey Folded finished Plan of Survey (Plate X.
... survey of the ground , -conditions almost wholly impracticable , —it was con- sidered advisable to make this change , as preliminary surveys of the kind in question are frequently demanded ... Survey Folded finished Plan of Survey (Plate X.
Page xii
... Survey with the Chain and Cross A Table of Lineal Measures . A Table of Square Measures . PROB . 1. Square fields 2. Rectangular fields 3. Triangular fields 4. Fields in the form of a trapezium 5. Fields comprehended under more than ...
... Survey with the Chain and Cross A Table of Lineal Measures . A Table of Square Measures . PROB . 1. Square fields 2. Rectangular fields 3. Triangular fields 4. Fields in the form of a trapezium 5. Fields comprehended under more than ...
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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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