A Treatise on Surveying and Civil Engineering, Wherein Everything that is Useful and Curious is Demonstrated from Its First Principles1848 - 98 pages |
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... surface are ✓ measured horizontally , and not on the surface of the hill . To measure any of the regular figures passed by , re- quires no more explanation . Prob . 9. To measure any irregular figure . Divide the whole into triangles ...
... surface are ✓ measured horizontally , and not on the surface of the hill . To measure any of the regular figures passed by , re- quires no more explanation . Prob . 9. To measure any irregular figure . Divide the whole into triangles ...
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... surface , are called the poles . A meridian is a line on the surface of the earth , if pro- duced both ways , would pass through the poles . There- fore , all meridians intersect each other , at the two poles . The meridians are in ...
... surface , are called the poles . A meridian is a line on the surface of the earth , if pro- duced both ways , would pass through the poles . There- fore , all meridians intersect each other , at the two poles . The meridians are in ...
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... spherical geometry to much more extensive portions of the earth's surface , as in the deter- mination of distances of many miles , whether for the survey of a kingdom , or for the measurement of a SURVEYING WITH THE COMPASS . 21.
... spherical geometry to much more extensive portions of the earth's surface , as in the deter- mination of distances of many miles , whether for the survey of a kingdom , or for the measurement of a SURVEYING WITH THE COMPASS . 21.
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... surface convex or concave . The rays of light which proceeds from an object , and entering the eyes , convey to us the sense of vision , move in straight lines , unless turned from their course by refrac- tion , and such portion as can ...
... surface convex or concave . The rays of light which proceeds from an object , and entering the eyes , convey to us the sense of vision , move in straight lines , unless turned from their course by refrac- tion , and such portion as can ...
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... surface of the earth , which shall cut the directions of gravity everywhere at right angles : it enables us to find the exact difference of level between any number of places , through which it may be necessary to run a railroad or ...
... surface of the earth , which shall cut the directions of gravity everywhere at right angles : it enables us to find the exact difference of level between any number of places , through which it may be necessary to run a railroad or ...
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50 feet abutments adjacent angles adjustment altitude angle of friction arch bearing breadth bridge canal centre chain circumferentor correct cross-wires crown curvature curve depression depth diameter difference of level direction divided division Dumpy Level ellipsis embankments engineer equal error evident extrados fall find the area give the area given ground half height horizontal inches inclination inclined plane instrument intersection land latitude and departure length limb line of collimation mean velocity measure method middle miles Miles per hour Multiply natural sine necessary object parallel plate-screws piers plane plate position prismoid Prob quired radius railway refraction right angles road rule screws secants shafts side similar triangles slope square staff station stone straight line stream suppose surface survey tangent telescope theodolite thickness trapezium triangle tube tunnel vernier vertical arc voussoirs wedge whole width wires
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Page 7 - ... and 48° 15'? Ans. 6 A. 3 R. 18 P. PROBLEM V. To find the area of a triangle when the three sides are given. RULE. From half the sum of the three sides...
Page 23 - ... perfect in both positions of the telescope, the line of collimation in altitude or depression is correct, but if not, the operation must be repeated carefully, until the adjustment is satisfactory. A similar proceeding will also put the vertical line correct, or rather, the point of intersection, when there are two oblique lines instead of a vertical one. The second adjustment is that which puts the level attached to the telescope parallel to the rectified line of collimation. The clips...
Page 54 - The middle 18 feet of pavement is to be coated with hard stones to the depth of 6 inches. Four of these 6 iuches to be first put on and worked in by carriages and horses, care being taken to rake in the ruts until the surface becomes firm and consolidated, after which the remaining 2 inches are to be put on.
Page 54 - All the irregularities of the upper part of the said pavement are to be broken off by the hammer, and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished there shall be a convexity of four inches in the breadth of fifteen feet from the centre.
Page 54 - Upon the level bed prepared for the road materials, a bottom course, or layer of stones, is to be set by hand, in form of a close firm pavement ; the stones set in the middle of the road are to be 7 inches in depth ; at 9 feet from the centre, 5 inches ; at 12 feet from the centre, 4 inches ; and at 15 feet, 3 inches.
Page 68 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 84 - ... the practical architect to adopt his visions, raised another system, which is said to secure a perfectly equilibrated structure, by making an equality at every point of the curve. The deduction from this theory consists in making the height of the wall incumbent on any point of the intrados, directly as the cube of the secant of the curve's inclination to the horizon at that point, or inversely as the radius of curvature there. It must be added, that this theory expects the joints of the voissoirs...
Page 23 - First, make the centre of the horizontal wire coincide with some well-defined part of a distant object; then turn the telescope half round in its Y's till the level lies above it, and observe if the same point is again cut by the centre of the wire ; if not, move the wire...
Page 24 - P; which done, reverse the telescope in its Y's, that is, turn it end for end, which must be done carefully, that it may not disturb the vertical arc, and if the bubble resume its former situation in the middle of the tube, all is right; but if it retires to one end, bring it back one half, by the screw...
Page 25 - ... determined by repeating the observation of an altitude or depression in the reversed positions, both of the telescope and the vernier plate : the two readings will have equal and opposite errors, one half of their difference being the index error.