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 iii
... a small estate , divided internally by straight fences , with a new and concise method of proving the true position of straight fences without measuring their lengths 50 59 The method of measuring hilly ground The use of the.
... a small estate , divided internally by straight fences , with a new and concise method of proving the true position of straight fences without measuring their lengths 50 59 The method of measuring hilly ground The use of the.
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... positions of several distant objects or Stations · · To survey a district where obstructions occur , for a railway , & c . CHAPTER VI . SECTION I ... position of its third side · 103 - 104 Prob . VI . To lay out a rhomboid of iv CONTENTS .
... positions of several distant objects or Stations · · To survey a district where obstructions occur , for a railway , & c . CHAPTER VI . SECTION I ... position of its third side · 103 - 104 Prob . VI . To lay out a rhomboid of iv CONTENTS .
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... positions of straight fences ; which positions all previous authors have deter- mined by the crossing of two chain lines , or by prolonging each straight fence to two chain lines ; which methods constitute no check on wrong entries in ...
... positions of straight fences ; which positions all previous authors have deter- mined by the crossing of two chain lines , or by prolonging each straight fence to two chain lines ; which methods constitute no check on wrong entries in ...
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... position it ought to occupy among the other scientific works of the age ; and since this work , after the sale of 7000 copies in little more than three years , has reached a new edition , this hope seems to be amply realized . LAND AND ...
... position it ought to occupy among the other scientific works of the age ; and since this work , after the sale of 7000 copies in little more than three years , has reached a new edition , this hope seems to be amply realized . LAND AND ...
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... positions of some of these inclosures . Where a great number of lines run within the main triangle , they are called secondary lines , and are usually numbered for the sake of reference . Some surveyors number the stations , or ...
... positions of some of these inclosures . Where a great number of lines run within the main triangle , they are called secondary lines , and are usually numbered for the sake of reference . Some surveyors number the stations , or ...
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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.
Page 123 - An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts of inclosure, and for facilitating the mode of proving the several facts usually required on the passing of such Acts...
Page 240 - Gd. 108*. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT, 1862 ; with Notes and Index. Is. 109. NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACT. Is. 110. RECENT LEGISLATIVE ACTS applying to Contractors, Merchants, and Tradesmen. Is.
Page 8 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.