A Rudimentary Treatise on Land and Engineering Surveying, with all the modern improvements ... With illustrationsVirtue brothers & Company, 1865 - 232 pages |
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... distance being also given · - · · Prob . III . The same things being given as in Prob . II . , to set out the width , when it consists partly of a cutting , and partly of an em- . bankment - Prob . IV . To find the surface width of a ...
... distance being also given · - · · Prob . III . The same things being given as in Prob . II . , to set out the width , when it consists partly of a cutting , and partly of an em- . bankment - Prob . IV . To find the surface width of a ...
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... distance , and never meet when prolonged , as A B and C D. 6. An angle is formed by the meeting of two lines , as A C , CB . It is called the angle ACB , the letter at the angular point C being read in the middle . 7. A right angle is ...
... distance , and never meet when prolonged , as A B and C D. 6. An angle is formed by the meeting of two lines , as A C , CB . It is called the angle ACB , the letter at the angular point C being read in the middle . 7. A right angle is ...
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... distance E , to draw a straight line CD , parallel to a given straight line A B. n C A m E- D B From any two points m and r , in the line AB , with a distance equal to E , describe the arcs n and s - draw CD to touch these arcs ...
... distance E , to draw a straight line CD , parallel to a given straight line A B. n C A m E- D B From any two points m and r , in the line AB , with a distance equal to E , describe the arcs n and s - draw CD to touch these arcs ...
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... distances re- quired in a survey . It is 66 feet , or 4 poles , in length , and is divided into 100 links , which are ... distance on the chain may be readily counted . Part of the first link , at each end , is formed into a large ring ...
... distances re- quired in a survey . It is 66 feet , or 4 poles , in length , and is divided into 100 links , which are ... distance on the chain may be readily counted . Part of the first link , at each end , is formed into a large ring ...
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... distance in the field book . When a survey is made for a finished plan , all remarkable objects should be noted down ... distance from one another : it is used to transfer and measure distances , and to describe arcs and circles . THE ...
... distance in the field book . When a survey is made for a finished plan , all remarkable objects should be noted down ... distance from one another : it is used to transfer and measure distances , and to describe arcs and circles . THE ...
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Page 3 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
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Page 8 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.