Elements of Surveying: With a Description of the Instruments and the Necessary Tables, Including a Table of Natural Sines |
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... , or thickness . The extremities of a line are called points : a point , there- fore , has neither length , breadth , nor thickness , but position 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one only . DEFINITIONS . 17.
... , or thickness . The extremities of a line are called points : a point , there- fore , has neither length , breadth , nor thickness , but position 3. A straight line is the shortest distance from one only . DEFINITIONS . 17.
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... position , a signal staff , having a small flag attached to its upper extremity ; and place another at the point where the measurement is to be terminated . These two points are generally called stations . Having passed the staves ...
... position , a signal staff , having a small flag attached to its upper extremity ; and place another at the point where the measurement is to be terminated . These two points are generally called stations . Having passed the staves ...
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... position ; and in both situations , the telescope can be revolved in the Y's about its axis . In the telescopes attached to the theodolite , are two prin- the eye is placed , is called the eyeglass , cipal lenses , one at each end . The ...
... position ; and in both situations , the telescope can be revolved in the Y's about its axis . In the telescopes attached to the theodolite , are two prin- the eye is placed , is called the eyeglass , cipal lenses , one at each end . The ...
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... position , if the horizontal hair appears above or below the point , and in either case , loosen one , and tighten the other , of the two screws that work the horizontal hair , till the horizontal hair has been carried over half the ...
... position , if the horizontal hair appears above or below the point , and in either case , loosen one , and tighten the other , of the two screws that work the horizontal hair , till the horizontal hair has been carried over half the ...
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... position . Reverse the tele- scope in the Y's , and make the same correction again ; and so on , until the bubble ... position of the telescope , when the telescope is reversed , the bubble would not stand in the middle of the tube ...
... position . Reverse the tele- scope in the Y's , and make the same correction again ; and so on , until the bubble ... position of the telescope , when the telescope is reversed , the bubble would not stand in the middle of the tube ...
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adjusted angle of elevation axis azimuth back-sights base line called centre clamp-screw coincide column comp compass Cosine D Cosine Sine Cotang course curve decimal degrees determined difference of level direction divided double meridian distance draw east elongation error example feet field notes figure given angle given line given point ground Gunter's chain hence horizontal angle horizontal distance horizontal plane hypothenuse inches instrument intersection LatDegDegDegDeg Distance latitude and departure length line AC line of collimation logarithm M.
M. Sine marked measure multiplied natural sines object opposite station paper parallel passing perpendicular plane of reference protractor radius right angles right-angled triangle rods scale of equal secant side sights similar triangles Sine Sine spider's lines square chains staff subtract surface survey Tang tangent theodolite true meridian vernier plate vertical limb yards
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Page 12 - FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant Jigure.
Page 41 - In any triangle, the sum of the two sides containing either angle, is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the two other angles, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 73 - Being on a horizontal plane, and wanting to ascertain the height of a tower, standing on the top of an inaccessible hill, there were measured, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill 40°, and of the top of the tower 51° ; then measuring in a direct line 180 feet farther from the hill, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower Cway 33° 45' ; required the height of the tower.
Page 113 - B, from B to C, from C to D, from D to E, and from E to A ; and measure the distances AB, BC, CD, DE, and E.1.
Page 19 - ... perimeter of the polygon. 14. The polygon of three sides, the simplest of all, is called a triangle; that of four sides, a quadrilateral; that of...
Page 34 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 21 - If equals be added to equals, the wholes will be equal. 3. If equals be taken, from equals, the remainders will be equal. 4. If equals be added to unequals, the wholes will be unequal.
Page 20 - And lastly, the trapezoid, only two of whose sides are parallel. 18. A diagonal is a line which joins the vertices of two angles not adjacent to each other. Thus, AF, AE, AD, AC, are diagonals.
Page 11 - The minutes in the left-hand column of each page, increasing downwards, belong to the degrees at the top ; and those increasing upwards, in the right.hand column, belong to the degrees below.
Page 35 - The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through one extremity of the arc, and limited by the tangent passing through the other extremity. Thus, OC is the secant of the arc AB.