The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions Requisite for the Skilful Practice of this Art |
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... Method 232 Pennsylvania Method 246 4. Of Off - sets 5. Method of surveying by Intersections 257 Mean Refraction Sun's Parallax Traverse Table 83 # 74 250 Dip of the Horizon 175 Dip for Dif . Dist of land Semi - diameter of the Sun ...
... Method 232 Pennsylvania Method 246 4. Of Off - sets 5. Method of surveying by Intersections 257 Mean Refraction Sun's Parallax Traverse Table 83 # 74 250 Dip of the Horizon 175 Dip for Dif . Dist of land Semi - diameter of the Sun ...
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... Method 232 Pennsylvania Method 246 4. Of off - sets 5. Method of surveying by Intersections 257 6. Changing the scale of Maps Mean Refraction Sun's Parallax Points of the Compass Traverse Table 83241 71 474 250 Dip of the Horizon 175 ...
... Method 232 Pennsylvania Method 246 4. Of off - sets 5. Method of surveying by Intersections 257 6. Changing the scale of Maps Mean Refraction Sun's Parallax Points of the Compass Traverse Table 83241 71 474 250 Dip of the Horizon 175 ...
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... ? Ans . 6.56+ SECTION II . INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION . INVOLUTION is the method of raising any num- ber , considered as the root , to any required power . Any number , whether given , or assumed at pleasure DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 15.
... ? Ans . 6.56+ SECTION II . INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION . INVOLUTION is the method of raising any num- ber , considered as the root , to any required power . Any number , whether given , or assumed at pleasure DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 15.
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... method of involution is plainly exhibited . Required the fifth power of 8 first multiply by } the root , or first = 8 then multiply the product 64 = 82 power . = square , or [ second power . by 8 & c . 512-83 = 8 cube , or third [ power ...
... method of involution is plainly exhibited . Required the fifth power of 8 first multiply by } the root , or first = 8 then multiply the product 64 = 82 power . = square , or [ second power . by 8 & c . 512-83 = 8 cube , or third [ power ...
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... method of extracting any re- quired root from any given power . Any number may be considered as a power of some other number ; and the required root of any given power is that number , which , being multi- plied into itself a particular ...
... method of extracting any re- quired root from any given power . Any number may be considered as a power of some other number ; and the required root of any given power is that number , which , being multi- plied into itself a particular ...
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acres altitude Answer arch azimuth base bearing blank line centre chains and links chord circle circumferentor Co-sec Co-tang column compasses contained decimal difference distance line divided divisions draw east Ecliptic edge feet field-book figures fore four-pole chains geom given number half the sum Horizon glass hypothenuse inches instrument Lat Dep Lat latitude length logarithm measure meridian distance multiplied natural co-sine natural sine needle Nonius number of degrees object observed off-sets opposite parallel parallelogram pegs perches perpendicular plane pole pole star Portmarnock PROB protractor Quadrant quotient radius right angles right line scale of equal SCHOLIUM screw Secant sect Sextant side sights square station stationary distance subtract Sun's survey taken Tang tangent theo theodolite trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry two-pole chains vane versed sine vulgar fraction whence
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Page 38 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle ; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 25 - 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 197 - RULE. From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side severally.
Page 106 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 27 - The VERSED SINE of an arc is that part of the diameter which is between the sine and the arc. Thus BA is the versed sine of the arc AG.