Practical Surveying: A Text-book for Students Preparing for Examinations Or for Survey-work in the Colonies |
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Page 5
... seen at a great distance , and when done with , if left on the ground , it is not a very serious loss . Whites . These are very necessary adjuncts to a survey . Vary- ing from 15 in . to 3 ft . in length , they are simply thin sticks ...
... seen at a great distance , and when done with , if left on the ground , it is not a very serious loss . Whites . These are very necessary adjuncts to a survey . Vary- ing from 15 in . to 3 ft . in length , they are simply thin sticks ...
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... seen , that the fence from d to e crosses the chain diagonally , as does that from e to f , and in addition to the offsets 4 d , 6 e , and 9 f , the distances along the fence 5 d , e 5 , e 7 , should also be measured , and to fix the ...
... seen , that the fence from d to e crosses the chain diagonally , as does that from e to f , and in addition to the offsets 4 d , 6 e , and 9 f , the distances along the fence 5 d , e 5 , e 7 , should also be measured , and to fix the ...
Page 17
... seen that the first offset at 309 is to 1 , which is the angle of the back of the building , whilst 314 to 2 is the front corner , 326 is the termination of that same plane , 329 the angle formed by the projection at 4 , and 336 the ...
... seen that the first offset at 309 is to 1 , which is the angle of the back of the building , whilst 314 to 2 is the front corner , 326 is the termination of that same plane , 329 the angle formed by the projection at 4 , and 336 the ...
Page 20
... seen that the line A c is greater than a b , b being a point whence a perpendicular is let drop to cut the foot of the slope . Now it is well understood that in surveying operations all measurements upon the ground are reduced to the ...
... seen that the line A c is greater than a b , b being a point whence a perpendicular is let drop to cut the foot of the slope . Now it is well understood that in surveying operations all measurements upon the ground are reduced to the ...
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... seen in Fig . 35 , in which A B is the main base - line and CD the other ; the survey - lines are a C , CB , B D , DA . Now three sides of a triangle , however carefully measured , are no guarantee of its accuracy ; there must be a ...
... seen in Fig . 35 , in which A B is the main base - line and CD the other ; the survey - lines are a C , CB , B D , DA . Now three sides of a triangle , however carefully measured , are no guarantee of its accuracy ; there must be a ...
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A B C accuracy accurately adjusted arrow axis back and fore back-sight beam compasses bench-mark boundaries centre chain chain-line check-lines chords clamped clinometer column commencement compass consequently Cosec cosine cross-wires curvature curve datum direction distance divided end of line equal feet fence field-book figures fixed fore sights ground hedge horizontal hypotenuse inches instrument intermediate intersection length level-book line A B line of collimation logarithm magnetic north mark means measured necessary observed offsets parallel plates pencil perpendicular plane plotted plumb-bob position post-and-rail fence quadrant radius reading reference right angles scale screw seen sextant side sine sketch slope square staff station straight line streets survey surveyor take the angle taken tangent tangential angle telescope theodolite tion traverse triangle trigonometry vernier vertical whilst Wimbledon Park wires zero
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Page 86 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 89 - IF a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another; and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon...
Page 85 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 61 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Page 85 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16.
Page 92 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 116 - In any plane triangle, as the sum of the sides about the vertical angle is to their difference, so is the tangent of half the sum of the angles at the base to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 85 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Page 127 - As the sum of the two given sides Is to their difference, So is the tangent of half the sum of their opposite angles To the tangent of half the difference of the same angles.
Page 85 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.