A Treatise on Land-surveying: Comprising the Theory Developed from Five Elementary Principles; and the Practice with the Chain Alone, the Compass, the Transit, the Theodolite, the Plane Table, &c. Illustrated by Four Hundred Engravings, and a Magnetic ChartD. Appleton, 1868 - 512 pages |
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... tion broad enough and deep enough for the most complete superstructure which the professional student may subsequently wish to raise upon it For the convenience of tnose wishing to make a hasty examination of the book , a summary of ...
... tion broad enough and deep enough for the most complete superstructure which the professional student may subsequently wish to raise upon it For the convenience of tnose wishing to make a hasty examination of the book , a summary of ...
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... tion of a town ; as when we say that Buffalo is distant ( in a straight line ) 295 miles from New - York , and 390 from Cincinnati , and thus convey to a stranger acquainted with only the last two places a correct idea of the position ...
... tion of a town ; as when we say that Buffalo is distant ( in a straight line ) 295 miles from New - York , and 390 from Cincinnati , and thus convey to a stranger acquainted with only the last two places a correct idea of the position ...
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... tion of which is given by the magnetic needle of the compass . In Geography , this principle is employed to determine the rela- tive positions of places , by " Bearings and distances " ; as when we say that San Francisco is 1750 miles ...
... tion of which is given by the magnetic needle of the compass . In Geography , this principle is employed to determine the rela- tive positions of places , by " Bearings and distances " ; as when we say that San Francisco is 1750 miles ...
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... tion , the subject will be best divided , partly with reference to the Methods employed , and partly to the Instruments used . Accord ingly , the First and Second Methods ( Diagonal and Perpendic- ular Surveying ) will be treated of ...
... tion , the subject will be best divided , partly with reference to the Methods employed , and partly to the Instruments used . Accord ingly , the First and Second Methods ( Diagonal and Perpendic- ular Surveying ) will be treated of ...
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... tion of this kind of measurement will be postponed to Part III . NOTING THE MEASUREMENTS . ( 34 ) The measurements which have been made , whether of lines , or of angles , require to be very carefully noted and recorded . Clearness and ...
... tion of this kind of measurement will be postponed to Part III . NOTING THE MEASUREMENTS . ( 34 ) The measurements which have been made , whether of lines , or of angles , require to be very carefully noted and recorded . Clearness and ...
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ABCD acres alidade base line Bearing calculated centre CHAPTER circle compass complete quadrilateral corner cosec Cosine Cotang course cross-hairs desired determined diagonals difference direction distance divided draw drawn East equal equivalent feet field figure given line given point half horizontal inaccessible inch instrument intersection Latitudes and Departures length line of sight MAGNETIC BEARING marked measured method mile needle object obtained offsets parallel passing perpendicular plane plat plate plumb-line preceding precisely principal meridian prolonged proportion protractor quadrilateral radius reading right angles scale screws sections side similar triangles Sine South square chains station straight line subtract Surveying surveyor Table Tang Tangent telescope Theodolite Theorem tion township Transit trapezoid triangle ABC Trigonometry true meridian turn Variation Vernier Vernier scale vertical West whence ΙΟ
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Page 153 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 365 - ... in all cases where the exterior lines of the townships thus to be subdivided into sections or half sections, shall exceed, or shall not extend six miles, the excess or deficiency shall be specially noted, and added to or deducted from the western or northern ranges of sections or half sections in such township, according as the error may be in running the lines from east to west, or from south to north...
Page 169 - Longitudes of points are measured, or reckoned. The distance which one end of a line is due North or South of the other end, is called the Difference of Latitude of the two ends of the line ; or its Northing or Southing ; or simply its Latitude.
Page 379 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 370 - President may prescribe, to cause the lands thus situated to be surveyed in tracts of two acres in width, fronting on any river, bayou, lake, or watercourse, and running back the depth of forty acres...
Page 385 - In the same way it may be proved that a : b : : sin. A : sin. B, and these two proportions may be written a : 6 : c : : sin. A : sin. B : sin. C. THEOREM III. t8. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. By Theorem II. we have a : b : : sin. A : sin. B.
Page 372 - The precise relative position of islands, in a township made fractional by the river in which the same are situated, is to be determined trigonometrically — sighting to a flag or other fixed object on the island, from a special and carefully measured base line, connected with the surveyed lines, on or near the river bank, you are to form connection between the meander corners on the river to points corresponding thereto, in direct line, on the bank of the island, and there establish the proper...
Page 369 - ... to No. 18, the established corner to sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, taking care to establish the quarter.section corner on the true line, at the distance of 40 chains from said section corner, so as to throw the excess or deficiency on the northern half. mile, according to law. Proceed in like manner through all the intervening tiers of sections to No. 73, the corner to sections 31, 32, 5, and 6 ; thence north, on a true meridian line, to No.
Page 366 - ... (either of which would indicate an important error in the surveying,) the lines must be retraced, even if found necessary to remeasure the meridional boundaries of the township, (especially the western boundary,) so as to discover and correct the error ; in doing which, the true corners must be established and marked, and the false ones destroyed and obliterated to prevent confusion in future ; and all the facts must be distinctly
Page 372 - A sufficient number of other trees standing within 50 links of the line, on either side of it, are to be blazed on two sides diagonally, or quartering toward the line, in order to render the line conspicuous, and readily to be traced, the blazes to be opposite each other, coinciding in direction with the line where the trees stand very near it, and to approach nearer each other the farther the line passes from the blazed trees. Due care must ever be taken to have the lines so well marked as to be...