An Essay on the Cardinal Points: Being a Collection of Authorities in Explanation of the Terms, "due North", "due South", "due East", and "due West", as Applied to Land Surveying |
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... proposition which is , of itself , an axiom that needs no proof . The term " due west " , is unequivocally defined by the " Treaty of '83 , " wherein the line from " Connecticut river " is described as running " DUE WEST ON THE 45TH ...
... proposition which is , of itself , an axiom that needs no proof . The term " due west " , is unequivocally defined by the " Treaty of '83 , " wherein the line from " Connecticut river " is described as running " DUE WEST ON THE 45TH ...
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... proposition . It will be seen on reference to that work , that Part I commences thus : " SURVEYING is the art of making such measurements as will deter- mine the relative positions of any points on the surface of the earth ; so that a ...
... proposition . It will be seen on reference to that work , that Part I commences thus : " SURVEYING is the art of making such measurements as will deter- mine the relative positions of any points on the surface of the earth ; so that a ...
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... proposition was rejected . So we see that the mode of surveying was not to be interfered with at that early day , even by this slight innovation which did not propose to change the system . " On reading Mr. Pitman's quotation from ...
... proposition was rejected . So we see that the mode of surveying was not to be interfered with at that early day , even by this slight innovation which did not propose to change the system . " On reading Mr. Pitman's quotation from ...
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... proposition to erect monuments on a true meridian , was evi- dently rejected by the General Assembly for the same reason that similar propositions have been rejected , in times past , by the Legislature of Maine , to wit : that it was a ...
... proposition to erect monuments on a true meridian , was evi- dently rejected by the General Assembly for the same reason that similar propositions have been rejected , in times past , by the Legislature of Maine , to wit : that it was a ...
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... proposition was made in the Legislature to change our system of surveying from the magnetic to the polar principle , which proposition was unanimously rejected - every one understanding it to be a proposition which , if consummated ...
... proposition was made in the Legislature to change our system of surveying from the magnetic to the polar principle , which proposition was unanimously rejected - every one understanding it to be a proposition which , if consummated ...
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aforesaid AGENT OF MAINE Aroostook County ascertained bearing Belknap Book on Surveying boundary line called cardinal points Chandler's Purchase Commissioners Compass Surveying Connecticut river Croix DEAR SIR-I declination deed diurnal motion due East due south due west earth east and west Essay established exactly north Exeter Mills follows Grant Hampshire head instrument intersection Isles of Shoals James Willey Land Agent land surveying Legislature LETTER line of Carroll line run magnetic course magnetic meridian magnetic needle magnetic north Massachusetts meaning meridian line Merrill lot method monuments named NOAH BARKER north and south Parallel Sailing parallels of latitude Pitman says Pitman's Reply polar principle Polar Surveying pole proposition public lands refer regard river St Sargent's Purchase South line Surveying and Navigation surveyor terms due north thence tion townships tract treaty treaty of Ghent true course true meridian true north veying west line westerly Willey line Willey's
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Page 14 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth, in the bay of Fundy, to its source, and from its source, directly north, to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 14 - It being understood that all the water communications and all the usual portages along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, and also Grand Portage, from the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon...
Page 14 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 12 - I. It is hereby agreed and declared that the line of boundary shall be as follows : Beginning at the Monument at the source of the river St. Croix, as designated and agreed to, by the Commissioners under the 5th Article in the Treaty of 1794, between the Governments of the United States...
Page 12 - Commissioners under the fifth article of the treaty of 1794, between the Governments of the United States and Great Britain; thence, north, following the exploring line run and marked by the surveyors of the two Governments in the years 1817 and 1818, under the fifth article of the treaty of Ghent, to its intersection with the river SL John, and to the middle of the channel thereof; thence, up the middle of the main channel of the said river St.
Page 5 - The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox...
Page 12 - Article of the Treaty of Ghent, to its intersection with the River St. John, and to the middle of the channel thereof; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said River St. John to the mouth of the River St. Francis; thence up the middle of the channel of the said River St. Francis, and of the lakes through which it flows, to the outlet of the Lake Pohenagamook; thence south-westerly, in a straight line, to a point on the north-west branch of the River St.
Page 11 - and to the westward, although our said province hath anciently extended, and doth of right extend, as far as the river Pentagonet, or Penobscot, it shall be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable across the entrance of the Bay of Fundy to the mouth of the river St Croix, by the said river to its source, and by a line drawn due north from thence to the southern boundary of our colony of Quebec.
Page 14 - Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th December last, in relation to the delay in the outfit, &c., for the Exploring Expedition.
Page 8 - And that the dividing line shall part the Isles of Shoals and run through the Middle of the Harbour between the Islands to the Sea on the Southerly side...