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.

By W. M. GILLESPIE, LL. D., CIV. ENG.,

PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN UNION COLLEGE.
AUTHOR OF "A MANUAL OF ROAD-MAKING," ETC.

EIGHTH EDITION.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1880.