TESTIMONIALS. The author wishing to make this work as complete as possible, submitted it to the emendation of several professional LandSurveyors, at whose suggestion various improvements have been made, and from some of whom testimonials have been received. From Mr. THOMAS BRADLEY, Land-Agent, &c., Richmond. Your treatise on Land-Surveying is full of useful information, and will materially assist the student in arriving at that sure and certain method of Surveying, &c., which now in these days cannot be dispensed with. From Mr. FRANCIS CARR, Land-Agent, &c., York. Your intended work on Land-Surveying, &c., I am sure will be found a highly valuable work; none in my opinion are at all clear on this subject. Such a useful work has long been wanted both by the student and the young surveyor. From Mr. ROBERT COOPER, Land-Agent, &c., York. I have looked over a considerable part of Mr. Holliday's work on Surveying, &c., and consider it superior as a practical book to any I have seen. From Mr. HENRY SCOTT, Land-Surveyor, &c., Oulston. I beg to return the manuscript of your treatise on Land-Surveying, and at the same time to express my opinion that it is a work which will be found extremely useful to the young surveyor, and contains many hints that may be of service to the more experienced. (See the list of Subscribers at the end of the book.) INDEX. Page. Acres, how reduced into square links 138 Circle, definition of Allotment book, description of 157 book .. for the definition of the radius, area of, how found how set off, to contain a given .. 165 how fenced how constructed with the scale 106 301 Colouring of maps Colours, how mixed Compass, description of 284 Compasses, description of 5 50 143 area of in gallons, how found 258 129 132 131 8 9 how constructed by the pro- how measured by the theodolite 305 Arable land, how coloured Arc of a circle, definition of for the definitions of the chord, 134 Commons or moors, how measured 109 133 Conic sections, definition of 237 Area, definition of 36 Cone, definition of 176 containing a given quantity, solidity of, how found 185 144 262 Arrows, description of Award Boards, how measured to cut off from a board or Carpenters' rule, description of 205 area of plane figures by ditto 207 - frustum of, solidity, how found Customary measure, description of measure, how reduced to content in gallons, how found 261 Decimals, multiplication of 179 194 of a circular vessel, how found 276 superficial content of 232 6 233 88 278 Ellipse, how constructed .. .. 239 particulars of, how obtained 128 Flat book, description of a pair of compasses 90 how divided into different parts 125 on the plan 149 126 having crooked sides, how 127 reduced by the horn ruler 92 156 136 book .. 164 .. 134 Gauging 253 Glaziers' work, how measured 228 particulars of, how obtained 112 Hyperbola, definition of how cast on the plan Fields, how sketched 112 103 Levels, section of 316 1 27 Lines, definitions of 104 |