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... Notes , .. To Determine the Angle between two Courses , - 124 126 Of Dividing Land , ............ 127 SECTION IV . Method of Surveying the Public Lands , .. 131 Variation of the Needle , .... 134 Method of Ascertaining the Variations ...
... Notes , .. To Determine the Angle between two Courses , - 124 126 Of Dividing Land , ............ 127 SECTION IV . Method of Surveying the Public Lands , .. 131 Variation of the Needle , .... 134 Method of Ascertaining the Variations ...
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... Notes , .. 166 Plotting the Work , .. 167 BOOK IV . GEODESIC , TRIGONOMETRIC , AND MARITIME SURVEYING . SECTION I. Geodesic and Trigonometric Surveying , ... Preliminary Reconnoissance and Establishment of Signals , - 172 174 ...
... Notes , .. 166 Plotting the Work , .. 167 BOOK IV . GEODESIC , TRIGONOMETRIC , AND MARITIME SURVEYING . SECTION I. Geodesic and Trigonometric Surveying , ... Preliminary Reconnoissance and Establishment of Signals , - 172 174 ...
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... note the number of units , and parts of a unit to which it is equal . Then multiply this number by the number of parts which the unit of the scale represents , and the product will be the length of the line . For example , suppose the ...
... note the number of units , and parts of a unit to which it is equal . Then multiply this number by the number of parts which the unit of the scale represents , and the product will be the length of the line . For example , suppose the ...
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... note should be made , that ten chains have been measured ; after which , the measurement continued as before , until the whole distance is marking pins are to be returned to the leader , and the SEC . I. ] 67 MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES ...
... note should be made , that ten chains have been measured ; after which , the measurement continued as before , until the whole distance is marking pins are to be returned to the leader , and the SEC . I. ] 67 MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES ...
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... note the distance ab . B Then remove the staves and place them at b and d : make the chain horizontal , and note the distance cd . Measure in the same manner the line ƒC ; the sum of the horizontal lines ab , cd , fC , is equal to AB ...
... note the distance ab . B Then remove the staves and place them at b and d : make the chain horizontal , and note the distance cd . Measure in the same manner the line ƒC ; the sum of the horizontal lines ab , cd , fC , is equal to AB ...
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axis back-sight base line bearing called centre column comp Cosine Cosine D Cotang course decimal degrees determined difference of level direction divided double meridian distance draw east error example feet figure fore-sight given angle given line given point ground half hence horizontal angle horizontal distance horizontal line horizontal plane hypothenuse inch instrument intersection latitude and departure length line of collimation logarithm marked measure method miles multiplied natural sines needle parallel passing perpendicular plane of reference Plane Sail plane triangle protractor quotient radius right angles right-angled triangle rods scale of equal screws secant sector sides sights similar triangles spherical excess spider's lines square chains staff station straight line subtract surface survey Tang tangent telescope theodolite trigonometrical variation vernier plate vertical limb yards
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Page 10 - The logarithm of . the quotient of two numbers, is equal to the logarithm of the dividend diminished by the logarithm of the divisor.
Page 38 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 45 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 138 - ... the time of revolution is 23 h. and 56 min. To the eye of an observer, this star is continually in motion, 'and is due north but twice in 23 h. 56 min. ; and is then said to be on the meridian. Now, when it departs from the meridian, it apparently moves east or west, for 5 h. and 59 min., and then returns to the meridian again. When at its greatest distance from the meridian, east or west, it is said to be at its greatest eastern or western elongation.
Page 61 - 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 9 - THE LOGARITHM: of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, to produce the given number.
Page 142 - Now, if the elongation, at the time of observation, was west, and the north end of the needle is on the west side of the line, the azimuth, plus the angle shown by the needle, is the true variation. But should the north end of the needle be found on the east side of the line, the elongation being west, the difference between the azimuth and the angle would show the variation, and the reverse when the elongation is east. 1. Elongation west, azimuth 2° 04' North end of the needle on the west, angle...
Page 39 - 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, 00 is the secant of the arc AB.
Page 44 - CB : CA : : sin A : sin B. For, with A as a centre, and AD equal to the less side...
Page 22 - In a Right-angled Triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.