The Surveyor, Volumes 21-221908 - Surveying |
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... Clauses 47 to 56 or Clause 93 will be paid for as follow : - At five shillings each- The corners , on portions of 160 acres or under ; The external corners , not exceeding four in number , FEB . 29 , 1908 . 39 THE SURVEYOR .
... Clauses 47 to 56 or Clause 93 will be paid for as follow : - At five shillings each- The corners , on portions of 160 acres or under ; The external corners , not exceeding four in number , FEB . 29 , 1908 . 39 THE SURVEYOR .
Page 40
... acre Not exceeding 5 acres Not exceeding 10 acres ... ... £ 0 60 ... 0 7 6 0 10 0 1 0 0 ... 1 10 0 Payment for observations will be limited to the requirements of the Department . ( See Clauses 166 to 174. ) ( a ) Single check ...
... acre Not exceeding 5 acres Not exceeding 10 acres ... ... £ 0 60 ... 0 7 6 0 10 0 1 0 0 ... 1 10 0 Payment for observations will be limited to the requirements of the Department . ( See Clauses 166 to 174. ) ( a ) Single check ...
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... acres . About 2,650,000 acres have been classified , portions of which have been subdivided before selection , and further classifications and sub- divisions are now proceeding . During the year an important trigonometrical survey ...
... acres . About 2,650,000 acres have been classified , portions of which have been subdivided before selection , and further classifications and sub- divisions are now proceeding . During the year an important trigonometrical survey ...
Page 43
... acres were ring - barked ( and part of it mul- lenised ) at a cost of £ 618 . Near Balbarrup about 5,400 acres were similarly dealt with at a cost of £ 677 . In the valleys of the Blackwood and Balgarrup Rivers , near Dinninup , £ 1,540 ...
... acres were ring - barked ( and part of it mul- lenised ) at a cost of £ 618 . Near Balbarrup about 5,400 acres were similarly dealt with at a cost of £ 677 . In the valleys of the Blackwood and Balgarrup Rivers , near Dinninup , £ 1,540 ...
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... acre to a sheep over country formerly considered more or less useless for stock . It accompanies settlement everywhere and is usually the first exotic seen growing round the selector's hut . 66 Kentucky blue , " the American variety of ...
... acre to a sheep over country formerly considered more or less useless for stock . It accompanies settlement everywhere and is usually the first exotic seen growing round the selector's hut . 66 Kentucky blue , " the American variety of ...
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A. F. HALL acres angle application Australia Board Business Manager Cardew centre chains Chief Surveyor CHIG Closer Settlement correspondence cube cubic parabola curve diagram distance district DOBBIE DUMPY LEVELS Elizabeth Street Engineering error examination F. A. RIDLEY F. L. ALEXANDER feet forest formula FRANK CHAPMAN G. L. Wilkins geological grade H. F. HALLORAN Hunter Streets inches Inst Institution of Surveyors interest invar J. A. Harrison J. F. Campbell Journal Kennedy land length marks means measures Messrs method miles N. S. Wales NOTES observations obtained Office paper practical President Queensland R. H. CAMBAGE radius rails railway road rocks Royal Society's House ruling grade Scientific Secretary SITY soil South Wales standard station surface survey Surveyor-General Sydney tape theodolite THOS timber tion traverse triangle Twynam UNIV UNIV Victoria Wales INCORPORATED wire Zealand
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Page 115 - If the square described upon one of the sides of a triangle, be equal to the squares described upon the other two sides of it ; the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 208 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Page 124 - FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING ! Whereas...
Page 124 - Alt superanuated with Power to the said Charles Grimes to do execute and perform by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies all things whatsoever belonging to the said Office. To have hold exercise and enjoy the said Office during Our Pleasure together with all Salaries Fees Perquisites Profits and advantages thereunto or of Right belonging or appertaining.
Page 208 - ... the square on the side opposite the obtuse angle is greater than the sum of the squares on the other...
Page 274 - ... —viz. the restriction in area which any man may hold. This subject has been forced upon the attention of the Legislature by defects in former systems under which one individual with means at his command could appropriate large areas, to the exclusion of his less wealthy fellow-settler.
Page 223 - ... leveling. Of these bench marks, the thirteen in the five groups at Fort Point, Sausalito, Fort Mason, Union Iron Works, and Magdalen Asylum showed an average apparent rise at the time of the earthquake of 35 millimeters (1.4 inches) as determined by Coast and Geodetic Survey leveling. As the leveling simply gives relative elevations the question arises: Does this quantity represent an average rise of the thirteen bench marks, or does it represent a settlement of the zero of the tide gauge and...
Page 26 - ... is. Take a narrow strip of paper, an inch broad or more, and 83 feet 4 inches in length, and stretch it along the wall of a large hall, or round the walls of an apartment somewhat over 20 feet square. Recall to memory the days of your boyhood, so as to get some adequate conception of what a period of a hundred years is. Then mark off from one of the ends of the strip -fa of an inch. The -fa of the inch will then represent one hundred years, and the entire length of the strip a million of years....
Page 116 - AB be divided into two equal parts in the point c, and into two unequal parts at the point D ; the rectangle AD, DB, together with the square of CD, is equal .to the square of CB.
Page 274 - Robinson, stated that he was the first to direct attention to those changes of level which depended on the season of the year. This he was led to observe from the fact that the entire mass of rock and hill on which the Armagh Observatory was erected was found to be slightly, but to an astronomer quite perceptibly, tilted or canted at one season to the east, at another, to the west. This he had at first attributed to the varying power of the sun's radiation to heat and expand the rock throughout the...