A Treatise on Land SurveyingBoD – Books on Demand, 2022 M03 14 - 528 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Comprising the theory developed from five elementary principles, and the practice with the chain alone, the compass, the transit, the theodolite, the plane table, etc. |
Contents
GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND OPERATIONS | 9 |
CHAIN SURVEYING | 57 |
SURVEYING BY THESE METHODS COMBINED | 76 |
COMPASS SURVEYING | 122 |
THE INSTRUMENTS | 211 |
ADJUSTMENTS | 221 |
THE FIELDWORK | 250 |
PART V | 260 |
PART VI | 275 |
OBSTACLES TO ALINEMENT | 421 |
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS | 428 |
to constitute a course of practical Geometry on the ground As some | 3 |
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ABCD acre alidade Bearing calculated centre CHAPTER chord circle compass complete quadrilateral convenient corner Cosine Cotang course cross-hairs desired desired line determined diagonal difference direction distance divided division draw drawn East equal feet field Field-notes figure fixed given line given point ground half horizontal inaccessible inch instrument intersection Latitudes and Departures length line of sight Longitude MAGNETIC BEARING marked measured Meridian method mile needle North object obtained offsets paper parallel pass perpendicular plane plat plate plumb-line preceding precisely prolonged protractor quadrilateral radius reading right angles scale screws side similar triangles Sine square chains stake station straight line subtract Surveying surveyor Table Tang Tangent telescope Theodolite Theorem tion township Transit trapezoid Trigonometry turn Variation Vernier Vernier scale vertical West whence