A complete treatise on practical land-surveyingWhittaker and Company, 1838 - 80 páginas |
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... distances , railway surveying , descriptions of the theodolite and circumferentor . Various writers on land - surveying have introduced these instruments in measuring estates , but the method by the chain alone is far preferable ; the ...
... distances , railway surveying , descriptions of the theodolite and circumferentor . Various writers on land - surveying have introduced these instruments in measuring estates , but the method by the chain alone is far preferable ; the ...
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... distances Hilly ground , how measured Hills , how shaded .. how cast on the plan Fields , how sketched .. 112 .. how measured , ( general direc- tions ) of three sides , how measured to obtain the area .. how proved in the field .. how ...
... distances Hilly ground , how measured Hills , how shaded .. how cast on the plan Fields , how sketched .. 112 .. how measured , ( general direc- tions ) of three sides , how measured to obtain the area .. how proved in the field .. how ...
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... distance of , how found Pricker , description of 10 299 Protractor , description of 11 8 Prism , definition of 174 17 solidity of , how found 183 how plotted .. 32 .. .. 70 Prismoid , definition of solidity of , how found 227 .. .. 237 ...
... distance of , how found Pricker , description of 10 299 Protractor , description of 11 8 Prism , definition of 174 17 solidity of , how found 183 how plotted .. 32 .. .. 70 Prismoid , definition of solidity of , how found 227 .. .. 237 ...
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... distance between them . 2. A curved line continually changes its direction between its extremities . Parallel lines are equally distant , and if produced ever so far both ways do not meet , as A - B and C - D . A. B A surface is a ...
... distance between them . 2. A curved line continually changes its direction between its extremities . Parallel lines are equally distant , and if produced ever so far both ways do not meet , as A - B and C - D . A. B A surface is a ...
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... distance from each other on some even ground ; as the chain is liable to stretch , and should be measured every day when used . Never survey with a chain of which you do not know the exact length . The great variation in the quantity of ...
... distance from each other on some even ground ; as the chain is liable to stretch , and should be measured every day when used . Never survey with a chain of which you do not know the exact length . The great variation in the quantity of ...
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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.