 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...beginning at the centre, it is called a lateral distance. But if the measure be taken from any pint in one line, to its corresponding point on the line...sectoral line are bounded by three parallel lines; the inermost of these is that on which the points of the compasses are to be placed, because this alone... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...measure be takeft on any of the sectoral lines beginning at the centre, it is called a lateral distancc. But if the measure be taken from any point in one...the other leg, it is called a transverse or parallel distancc. The divisions of each sectoral line are bounded by three parallel lines ; the innermost of... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1832 - 290 pages
...to every two degrees ; from 50 to 80 to every degree ; and from 60 to the end to every half-degree. The solution of questions on the sector is said to...is that on which the points of the compasses are to he placed, because this alone is the line which goes to the centre, and is alone, therefore, the sectoral... | |
 | Robert Gibson, James Ryan - Surveying - 1839 - 452 pages
...line and is finished on the other. The operation varies also by the manner in which the com passes are applied to the sector. If a measure be taken on...parallel distance. The divisions of each sectoral line arc bounded by three parallel lines ; the innermost of these is that on which the points of the compasses... | |
 | Frederick Walter Simms - 1845 - 184 pages
...beginning at the centre, it is called a lateral distance ; but when a measure is taken from any point on one line, to its corresponding point on the line of...denomination, on the other leg, it is called a transverse distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained within three parallel lines ; the innermost... | |
 | John F. Heather - Scientific apparatus and instruments - 1849 - 208 pages
...beginning at the center, it is called a lateral distance ; but, when a measure is taken from any point on one line to its corresponding point on the line of...distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained within three parallel lines, the innermost being the line on which the points of the compasses... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...beginning at the center, it is called a lateral distance ; but, when a measure is taken from any point on one line to its corresponding point on the line of the same denomination on the other legr it is called a transverse or parallel distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...beginning at the center, it is called a lateral distance ; but, when a measure is taken from any point on one line to its corresponding point on the line of...same denomination on the other leg, it is called a tran¿veree or parallel distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained within three parallel... | |
 | John Fry Heather - Angles (Geometry) - 1859 - 198 pages
...beginning at the center, it is called a lateral distance ; but, when a measure is taken from any point on one line to its corresponding point on the line of...distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained within three parallel lines, the innermost being the line on which the points of the compasses... | |
 | Samuel H. Brooks - Building - 1860 - 262 pages
...beginning at the centre, it is called a lateral distance ; but when a measure is taken from any point on one line, to its corresponding point on the line of...denomination on the other leg., it is called a transverse distance. The divisions of each sectoral line are contained within three parallel lines, the innermost... | |
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When a measure is taken on any of the sectoral lines beginning at the centre, it is called a lateral distance ; but when a measure is taken from any point on one line to its corresponding point on the line of the same denomination on the other leg, it... 
