A complete treatise on practical land-surveyingWhittaker and Company, 1838 - 80 páginas |
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... , meres , woods , rivers , roads , moors , ings land , open field lands , and small estates , as now used by practical land - surveyors ; and of also copying and reducing plans by various methods . In this A 3 PREFACE .
... , meres , woods , rivers , roads , moors , ings land , open field lands , and small estates , as now used by practical land - surveyors ; and of also copying and reducing plans by various methods . In this A 3 PREFACE .
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... roads , rivers , large towns , and county surveying . Book XV . contains the whole art of levelling and drawing the plan or section , with descriptions of the instruments used therein . Having given the principal design and object of ...
... roads , rivers , large towns , and county surveying . Book XV . contains the whole art of levelling and drawing the plan or section , with descriptions of the instruments used therein . Having given the principal design and object of ...
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... Roads , how measured how staked out how coloured .. .. 4 Statute measure , how reduced to 42 customary 106 Steel pen , description of 133 Surface , definition of .. 106 Theodolite , description of .. how adjusted .. 143 132 Rocks , how ...
... Roads , how measured how staked out how coloured .. .. 4 Statute measure , how reduced to 42 customary 106 Steel pen , description of 133 Surface , definition of .. 106 Theodolite , description of .. how adjusted .. 143 132 Rocks , how ...
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... roads , & c . , when the lines are required to be drawn parallel . THE HORN RULER . The horn ruler is made about six inches in length , by about one inch , of a piece of lantern horn , made straight on the edges , and is much used in ...
... roads , & c . , when the lines are required to be drawn parallel . THE HORN RULER . The horn ruler is made about six inches in length , by about one inch , of a piece of lantern horn , made straight on the edges , and is much used in ...
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... roads , becks , slacks , ditches , & c . , keep the chain stretched till the crossings and offsets are taken , stations left , & c . When crossing a wall the chain should be held parallel to the ground and the chain leader should drop ...
... roads , becks , slacks , ditches , & c . , keep the chain stretched till the crossings and offsets are taken , stations left , & c . When crossing a wall the chain should be held parallel to the ground and the chain leader should drop ...
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A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-surveying Thomas Holliday (Land Surveyor.) Vista completa - 1838 |
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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.