A Rudimentary Treatise on Land and Engineering Surveying, with all the modern improvements ... With illustrationsVirtue brothers & Company, 1865 - 232 pages |
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Page vii
... adoption of Curves in the various Rail- ways · · Careless Expenditure in the Construction of Railways from the non - adop- tion of Curves , from improperly laying out Gradients , Exactions of Landowners , & c . Remarks on the Invention ...
... adoption of Curves in the various Rail- ways · · Careless Expenditure in the Construction of Railways from the non - adop- tion of Curves , from improperly laying out Gradients , Exactions of Landowners , & c . Remarks on the Invention ...
Page x
... adopted in old methods ; and Problem IX . gives a method of surveying a small estate of six fields by either five or four chain lines , with the method of proving the positions of straight fences ; which positions all previous authors ...
... adopted in old methods ; and Problem IX . gives a method of surveying a small estate of six fields by either five or four chain lines , with the method of proving the positions of straight fences ; which positions all previous authors ...
Page xi
... adopted by the author in this work , as well as some parts of Mr. Simms ' accompanying explanations of the subject . In this Chapter the author has also availed himself of Heather's Treatise on Mathematical Instruments for the plates of ...
... adopted by the author in this work , as well as some parts of Mr. Simms ' accompanying explanations of the subject . In this Chapter the author has also availed himself of Heather's Treatise on Mathematical Instruments for the plates of ...
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... adopted in setting down field notes , and which has long been found to be the best in practice , is to begin at the bottom of the page and write upwards . Each page of the book is usually divided into three columns . The middle column ...
... adopted in setting down field notes , and which has long been found to be the best in practice , is to begin at the bottom of the page and write upwards . Each page of the book is usually divided into three columns . The middle column ...
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... adopted by ex- perienced surveyors ; who have found it , in general , more accurate and expeditious , as well as better adapted to laying down extensive surveys , especially where no serious obstructions from woodlands , water ...
... adopted by ex- perienced surveyors ; who have found it , in general , more accurate and expeditious , as well as better adapted to laying down extensive surveys , especially where no serious obstructions from woodlands , water ...
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