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Page 53
... bank is fixed and the water level where the farm boundary crosses the river , as is also the point where there is a change of direction in the river bank between A and B , noting what these points are in the 66 Remarks column . This ...
... bank is fixed and the water level where the farm boundary crosses the river , as is also the point where there is a change of direction in the river bank between A and B , noting what these points are in the 66 Remarks column . This ...
Page 55
... bank , a staff held in the stream bed at water - level cannot easily be observed . A substation E ' is therefore ranged in upon the river bank exactly on the line EF , and after finishing at E , the instru- ment is set up at E ' . The ...
... bank , a staff held in the stream bed at water - level cannot easily be observed . A substation E ' is therefore ranged in upon the river bank exactly on the line EF , and after finishing at E , the instru- ment is set up at E ' . The ...
Page 96
... D , which are correct , and E and F , which are impossible . Contours can only touch one another in the case of a vertical drop , such as a cliff or river bank ( see G ) where , being vertically superimposed , 96 TACHEOMETER SURVEYING .
... D , which are correct , and E and F , which are impossible . Contours can only touch one another in the case of a vertical drop , such as a cliff or river bank ( see G ) where , being vertically superimposed , 96 TACHEOMETER SURVEYING .
Page 98
... banks . Any line , rising or falling at a uniform rate , or gradient , will cross successive contour lines at uniform ... bank . The 1000- foot contour must pass between these and close to the former . The distance between the two points ...
... banks . Any line , rising or falling at a uniform rate , or gradient , will cross successive contour lines at uniform ... bank . The 1000- foot contour must pass between these and close to the former . The distance between the two points ...
Page 99
... bank opposite to B is , by interpolation from the two nearest spot - levels upon it , R.L. 995-22 at a point halfway between the latter . In the distance of 240 feet from B to this point there is a difference of level of 1005-05-995.22 ...
... bank opposite to B is , by interpolation from the two nearest spot - levels upon it , R.L. 995-22 at a point halfway between the latter . In the distance of 240 feet from B to this point there is a difference of level of 1005-05-995.22 ...
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accuracy adjustment Bearing and Distance Calculation centimetre Centre wire reading clamp Closing Error collimation level column contour line correct cos² crown 8vo decimal demy 8vo diagram direction division Electric Engineers exactly fall of line fcap feet field book field notes figures folding plates footscrews graduated Handbook height illus instrument collimation leather length line of sight Log diff logarithms lower axis marked measured meridian method minus minutes of arc N. H. Schneider Observed Distance obtained parallel ruler Planimeter plotting position Practical protractor R.L. of instrument R.L. of line Railway reading on staff reduced level Rise or fall scale Second edition sewed sight at staff slide slide-rule spot-levels square starting-point station points survey tacheometer tangent screw telescope bubble theodolite Third edition transit axis traverse lines vernier scale vernier zero vertical angle vertical arc vertical circle York zero line
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