A Treatise on Surveying: Containing the Theory and Practice : to which is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry : the Whole Clearly Demonstrated and Illustrated by a Large Number of Appropriate Examples, Particularly Adapted to the Use of Schools |
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100 Distance ABĀ² ABCD acres adjacent angles axis bearings and distances centre changed bearing Co-secant Secant Co-sine Co-tang compass decimal Degrees DEMONSTRATION diff difference of latitude difference of level dist divide division line draw equal EXAMPLES feet find the angles find the area fourth term given angle given area given side Given the bearings half height Hence horizontal hypothenuse instrument last problem latitude and departure length line FE line of collimation line of level logarithm measured meridian multiplier natural number off-sets parallel parallelogram parture perches perpendicular pole star prob quired quotient radius Required the area right angles right line right-angled triangle RULE screws side AC Sine square root stake station stationary lines straight line subtract survey take the difference Tangent theodolite tract of land trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry upper telescope vane vernier plate