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 vi
... CURVES ON THE GROUND . ( 1. ) On Railway Curves in general - 158 ( 2 ) On the different Methods of laying out Railway Curves ( 3. ) On Curve Rulers or Mechanical Railway Curves · 158 · 158 ( 4. ) The Limit of Railway Curves · 159 Prob ...
... CURVES ON THE GROUND . ( 1. ) On Railway Curves in general - 158 ( 2 ) On the different Methods of laying out Railway Curves ( 3. ) On Curve Rulers or Mechanical Railway Curves · 158 · 158 ( 4. ) The Limit of Railway Curves · 159 Prob ...
Page vii
... Curve Prob . VIII . To set out the compound Curve on the Ground Prob . IX . To find one of the two Radii of the Compound Curve , the other radius and tangent points being given - Prob . X. To find the Radii of the serpentine Curve ...
... Curve Prob . VIII . To set out the compound Curve on the Ground Prob . IX . To find one of the two Radii of the Compound Curve , the other radius and tangent points being given - Prob . X. To find the Radii of the serpentine Curve ...
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... curves Formulæ for the super - elevation of the exterior rail APPENDIX . Tubular and other iron girder bridges Brick ... curves Correction of levels for parallax and refraction Addenda to the methods of laying out railway curves On the ...
... curves Formulæ for the super - elevation of the exterior rail APPENDIX . Tubular and other iron girder bridges Brick ... curves Correction of levels for parallax and refraction Addenda to the methods of laying out railway curves On the ...
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... curves being here omitted , as being seldom used by practical men . See Remarks on the Invention of the Method of laying out Railway Curves , page 179 . In CHAPTER III . the methods of setting out the widths of rail- way cuttings , on ...
... curves being here omitted , as being seldom used by practical men . See Remarks on the Invention of the Method of laying out Railway Curves , page 179 . In CHAPTER III . the methods of setting out the widths of rail- way cuttings , on ...
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... curves . The work concludes with an Appendix , in which are given the dimensions of the famous tubular bridges , and several of the prin- cipal railway viaducts of various constructions , which the late general extension of railways has ...
... curves . The work concludes with an Appendix , in which are given the dimensions of the famous tubular bridges , and several of the prin- cipal railway viaducts of various constructions , which the late general extension of railways has ...
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