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Page 153
... true , let the measure of the angle CHD be taken by the line oo , with the chain : if this angle corresponds with its containing sides , the length of the line DC is truly obtained , and the whole work is truly taken . Note . That in ...
... true , let the measure of the angle CHD be taken by the line oo , with the chain : if this angle corresponds with its containing sides , the length of the line DC is truly obtained , and the whole work is truly taken . Note . That in ...
Page 171
... true ; if not , turn the table about , the index lying on the last line , till thro ' the sights you see the object in the first station ; and then screw it fast , and keeping the edge of the index to the second station , direct your ...
... true ; if not , turn the table about , the index lying on the last line , till thro ' the sights you see the object in the first station ; and then screw it fast , and keeping the edge of the index to the second station , direct your ...
Page 209
... true place of the extended line . Lay then the fiducial edge of the scale from b to D , and take a distance from C , that will just touch the edge of the scale ; carry that dis- tance along the edge , till the point which was 2 D To ...
... true place of the extended line . Lay then the fiducial edge of the scale from b to D , and take a distance from C , that will just touch the edge of the scale ; carry that dis- tance along the edge , till the point which was 2 D To ...
Page 210
... true place of the extended line . Draw a line from c to D , and it will take in and leave out equally in like manner the other side of the figure may be balanced by the line e D. Let the point of your compasses be kept to the last point ...
... true place of the extended line . Draw a line from c to D , and it will take in and leave out equally in like manner the other side of the figure may be balanced by the line e D. Let the point of your compasses be kept to the last point ...
Page 212
... true content of a survey , though it be taken by a chain that is too long or too short . Let the map be constructed and its area found as if the chain were of the true length . And it will be , As the square of the true chain Is to the ...
... true content of a survey , though it be taken by a chain that is too long or too short . Let the map be constructed and its area found as if the chain were of the true length . And it will be , As the square of the true chain Is to the ...
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40 perches ABCD acres altitude Answer base bearing blank line centre chains and links chord circle circumferentor Co-sec Co-sine Co-tang Tang column contained cyphers decimal decimal fraction diameter difference distance line divided divisor draw drawn east edge EXAMPLE feet field-book figures fore four-pole chains half the sum height hypothenuse inches instrument Lat Dep Lat latitude line of numbers logarithm measure meridian distance multiplied needle number of degrees off-sets parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece of ground plane Plate prob PROBLEM proportion protractor quotient radius right angles right line scale of equal SCHOLIUM Secant second station sect semicircle side sights sine square root stationary distance sun's suppose survey taken tance tangent thence theo theodolite THEOREM trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry true amplitude two-pole chains vane variation whence
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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 207 - ... that triangles on the same base and between the same parallels are equal...
Page 40 - 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 43 - Triangles upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Page 103 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 31 - Figures which consist of more than four sides are called polygons ; if the sides are all equal to each other, they are called regular polygons. They sometimes are named from the number of. their sides, as a five-sided figure is called a pentagon, one of six sides a hexagon, &"c.
Page 31 - ... they are called regular polygons. They sometimes are named from the number of their sides, as a five-sided figure is called a pentagon, one of. six sides a hexagon, &c. but if their sides are not equal to each other, then they are called irregular polygons, as an irregular pentagon, hexagon, &c.
Page 45 - The hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle may be found by having the other two sides ; thus, the square root of the sum of the squares of the base and perpendicular, will be the hypothenuse. Cor. 2. Having the hypothenuse and one side given to find the other; the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and given side will be the required side.
Page 265 - As the length of the whole line, Is to 57.3 Degrees,* So is the said distance, To the difference of Variation required. EXAMPLE. Suppose it be required to run a line which some years ago bore N. 45°.
Page 32 - Things that are equal to one and the same thing are equal to one another." " If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal." " If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal.