Aid to Survey Practice for Reference in Surveying, Levelling, and Setting OutC. Lockwood and Company, 1880 - 382 pages |
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Page ix
... sufficient record of any Survey suited to the special purpose of a book of this sort , the want was supplied by others , whose kindness is therefore here acknowledged with thanks . Among the Route Surveys , the observa- tions at sea ...
... sufficient record of any Survey suited to the special purpose of a book of this sort , the want was supplied by others , whose kindness is therefore here acknowledged with thanks . Among the Route Surveys , the observa- tions at sea ...
Page xi
... sufficient to make a fairly good Surveyor ; a want of precision , resulting in slovenly and useless work is fatal to good surveying , while an amount of exactitude in excess of the require- ments of the case , which causes waste of ...
... sufficient to make a fairly good Surveyor ; a want of precision , resulting in slovenly and useless work is fatal to good surveying , while an amount of exactitude in excess of the require- ments of the case , which causes waste of ...
Page 16
... sufficient for all purposes , as the reading of the middle wire affords sufficient check on the other two ; that fixed are pre- ferable to moveable wires with protected adjusting screws ; and that the fixed wires should be so set that ...
... sufficient for all purposes , as the reading of the middle wire affords sufficient check on the other two ; that fixed are pre- ferable to moveable wires with protected adjusting screws ; and that the fixed wires should be so set that ...
Page 25
... sufficient to observe on . The con- stant quantity in this case is the length of the hori zontal hollow bar or tube constituting the telemeter , and the angle observed in operation being that subtended by this constant length at the ...
... sufficient to observe on . The con- stant quantity in this case is the length of the hori zontal hollow bar or tube constituting the telemeter , and the angle observed in operation being that subtended by this constant length at the ...
Page 27
... amount of accuracy in result with instruments as short as 36 inches is in- sufficient ; although longer instruments of 60 inches might answer all practical purposes for distances up to about SECT . II . INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING DISTANCE ...
... amount of accuracy in result with instruments as short as 36 inches is in- sufficient ; although longer instruments of 60 inches might answer all practical purposes for distances up to about SECT . II . INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING DISTANCE ...
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Common terms and phrases
Absc Abscissa accuracy adjustment adopted altitude amount angular measurement angular observation appliances astronomical observations axis azimuth base line bearings calculation centre chain surveys chord chronometer collimation compass convenient correct corresponding cosec cotg curvature curve determined difference direction distant point equal error feet figure fixed formulæ given graduated Greenwich mean ground Gunter's chains height hence horizontal angle inch instru instrument latitude length level-staff longitude lunar distance marked mean ment meridian method micrometer mile mode Nautical Almanac necessary object obtained operations Ordinate parallax pegs plane pole position principle purposes radii radius reading recorded reduced reflecting refraction right angles right ascensions route-surveys scale screws Section set-out setting-out sextant side sights sin² spherical spherical excess staff station staves subtended superelevation survey line surveyor tangent tangent point telemeter telescope theodolite tion transit traverse triangles Trigonometrical Trigonometrical Survey vertical wires
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