A Treatise of Practical Surveying: Which is Demonstrated from Its First Principles ...Lewis Nichols, 1806 - 452 páginas |
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... edge of its arc : by looking along the edge AC , to the top of the object whose height is re- quired ; and holding it perpendicular , so that the plummet may neither swing from it , nor lie on it ; the degree then cut by the hair , or ...
... edge of its arc : by looking along the edge AC , to the top of the object whose height is re- quired ; and holding it perpendicular , so that the plummet may neither swing from it , nor lie on it ; the degree then cut by the hair , or ...
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... edge AC , with small circular holes in them ; which are useful in taking the sun's altitude , requi- site to be known in many astronomical cases ; this is effected by letting the sun's ray , which passes through the upper sight , fall ...
... edge AC , with small circular holes in them ; which are useful in taking the sun's altitude , requi- site to be known in many astronomical cases ; this is effected by letting the sun's ray , which passes through the upper sight , fall ...
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... edge , and is in the middle between the two ends . To this centre hole on the other side of the frame , there are the divisions of a semi - circle , or 180 degrees ; and these again are sub- divided into halves , or quarters , as the ...
... edge , and is in the middle between the two ends . To this centre hole on the other side of the frame , there are the divisions of a semi - circle , or 180 degrees ; and these again are sub- divided into halves , or quarters , as the ...
Página 170
... edge of the index , so as through the sights you may see the object in the last station , and by the edge of the index from the point draw a line . Again , turn about the index with its edge to the same point , and through the sights ...
... edge of the index , so as through the sights you may see the object in the last station , and by the edge of the index from the point draw a line . Again , turn about the index with its edge to the same point , and through the sights ...
Página 171
... edge of the index to the second station , direct your sights to the next ; draw a line by the edge of the index , and lay off the next line and pro- ceed thro ' the whole without using the needle , as you do with the theodolite . ; If ...
... edge of the index to the second station , direct your sights to the next ; draw a line by the edge of the index , and lay off the next line and pro- ceed thro ' the whole without using the needle , as you do with the theodolite . ; If ...
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40 perches ABCD acres altitude Answer base bearing blank line centre chains and links chord circle circumferentor Co-sec Co-sine Co-tang Tang column contained cyphers decimal decimal fraction diameter difference distance line divided divisor draw drawn east edge EXAMPLE feet field-book figures fore four-pole chains half the sum height hypothenuse inches instrument Lat Dep Lat latitude line of numbers logarithm measure meridian distance multiplied needle number of degrees off-sets parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece of ground plane Plate prob PROBLEM proportion protractor quotient radius right angles right line scale of equal SCHOLIUM Secant second station sect semicircle side sights sine square root stationary distance sun's suppose survey taken tance tangent thence theo theodolite THEOREM trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry true amplitude two-pole chains vane variation whence
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Página 25 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Página 207 - ... that triangles on the same base and between the same parallels are equal...
Página 40 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle ; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Página 43 - Triangles upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Página 103 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Página 31 - Figures which consist of more than four sides are called polygons ; if the sides are all equal to each other, they are called regular polygons. They sometimes are named from the number of. their sides, as a five-sided figure is called a pentagon, one of six sides a hexagon, &"c.
Página 31 - ... they are called regular polygons. They sometimes are named from the number of their sides, as a five-sided figure is called a pentagon, one of. six sides a hexagon, &c. but if their sides are not equal to each other, then they are called irregular polygons, as an irregular pentagon, hexagon, &c.
Página 45 - The hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle may be found by having the other two sides ; thus, the square root of the sum of the squares of the base and perpendicular, will be the hypothenuse. Cor. 2. Having the hypothenuse and one side given to find the other; the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and given side will be the required side.
Página 265 - As the length of the whole line, Is to 57.3 Degrees,* So is the said distance, To the difference of Variation required. EXAMPLE. Suppose it be required to run a line which some years ago bore N. 45°.
Página 32 - Things that are equal to one and the same thing are equal to one another." " If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal." " If equals be taken from equals, the remainders are equal.