COMPRISING CHAIN SURVEYING, AND THE USE OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; LEVELLING, AND TRACING OF CONTOURS; TOGETHER WITH TRIGONOMETRICAL, COLONIAL, MINING, AND MARITIME ADAPTED TO THE USE OF surveyorS, AND OF STUDENTS IN CIVIL AND MILITARY BY J. BUTLER WILLIAMS, C.E., F.G.S., ETC., LATE PROFESSOR OF GEODESY IN THE COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON, AUTHOR OF "MANUAL OF MODEL-DRAWING AND PERSPECTIVE," ETC. SECOND EDITION, WITH NEW CHAPTERS ON RAILWAY, PARISH, AND ESTATE SURVEYING. LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. M.DCCC.XLVI. 187349 ΤΟ HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS, &c., &c., &c., WHOSE UNCEASING LABOURS TO AMELIORATE THE CONDITION OF HIS COUNTRY BY THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO ITS INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT HAVE BEEN ATTENDED WITH MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS, AND WHO EFFECTUALLY PROMOTES THE ARTS OF PEACE BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION, THIS TREATISE IS, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, BY HIS GRACE'S MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |