A complete treatise on practical land-surveyingWhittaker and Company, 1838 - 80 páginas |
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Página iii
... carefully examined , and plain directions given to enable him to surmount them whenever they may be met with in practice . The whole of the treatise on land - surveying was written chiefly for my own pleasure and improvement , when A 2.
... carefully examined , and plain directions given to enable him to surmount them whenever they may be met with in practice . The whole of the treatise on land - surveying was written chiefly for my own pleasure and improvement , when A 2.
Página iv
... directions in keeping the field - book , and every necessary information in setting out lines , and measur- ing and plotting single fields . It may be well to notice that the sketchings of the fences are not given to the field notes in ...
... directions in keeping the field - book , and every necessary information in setting out lines , and measur- ing and plotting single fields . It may be well to notice that the sketchings of the fences are not given to the field notes in ...
Página vi
... c . The solid figures are drawn upon a new and improved plan , and there is added every necessary direction for taking these dimensions , as adopted by practical men . Book XI . treats of the measuring of artificers ' vi PREFACE .
... c . The solid figures are drawn upon a new and improved plan , and there is added every necessary direction for taking these dimensions , as adopted by practical men . Book XI . treats of the measuring of artificers ' vi PREFACE .
Página xii
... directions in measur- ing large estates the order in which estates are measured of three sides , how measured 123 of four sides , how measured 124 ) lying detached , how measured 125 how plotted .. having crooked sides , how equalized ...
... directions in measur- ing large estates the order in which estates are measured of three sides , how measured 123 of four sides , how measured 124 ) lying detached , how measured 125 how plotted .. having crooked sides , how equalized ...
Página xiv
... measured 138 area in gallons , & c . , how found 256 . 274 .. 150 152 277 129 .. 176 188 108 ·· how represented on the plan 134 Writing , how placed on the map .. 135 DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES . Plate I to face xiv INDEX .
... measured 138 area in gallons , & c . , how found 256 . 274 .. 150 152 277 129 .. 176 188 108 ·· how represented on the plan 134 Writing , how placed on the map .. 135 DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES . Plate I to face xiv INDEX .
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ABCD acres allotment angle Answer arrows base line breadth bushels cask centre circle circular circumference circumferentor cone construction cross-staff curved decimals diagonal diameter A-B direction distance Ditto divided draw drawn edge ellipse equal Examples feet fence fence lines field notes figure FIND THE AREA FIND THE CONTENT FIND THE SOLIDITY four-sided field frustum gallons go North East hyperbola inches inclosure Indian ink land Land-Agent land-surveying land-surveyors length logarithm manorial measure method middle diameter multiplied opposite parabolic parallel parallel ruler parallelopipedon pencil perpendicular perpendicular height plate poles practical prick PROBLEM proof lines protractor quantity quotient radius rectangle Required the area Required the plan Required the solidity rhombus right-angled roads roods Rule Rule.-Multiply segment side similar manner sine sliding rule square links stake station straight line surface survey surveyors telescope theodolite trapezium trapezoid vessel William Thompson yards York
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Página 3 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Página 2 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Página 269 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Página 276 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Página 167 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Página 166 - To twice the length of the base add the length of the edge ; multiply the sum by the breadth of the base, and by one-sixth of the height.
Página 4 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Página 235 - To three times the square of the radius of the base, add the square of the height.
Página 264 - The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; so that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic its sign must be changed to positive, after diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction from...
Página 231 - To twice the square of the middle diameter, add the square of the diameter of one end; multiply the sum by the length of the frustum, and the product by '2618 for the content.