Practical Geodesy: Comprising Chain Surveying, and the Use of Surveying Instruments; Levelling, and Tracing of Contours; Together with Trigonometrical Colonial Mining and Maritime Surveying |
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Practical Geodesy: Comprising Chain Surveying, and the Use of Surveying ... J. Butler Williams No preview available - 2018 |
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accuracy adjustment adopted altitude angle of elevation angular distance appear artificial horizon ascer ascertained axis boundary Butser Hill centre chain circle clamped column contained arc contour lines correction cross wires curve depression described determined difference direction drawn equal feet field-book fixed fore sight given glass ground height hills horizontal lines inch inclosure index error instrument intersection Kit Hill latitude length limb line of collimation longitude marked means measured meridian method mile Nautical Almanac normal contours object observed obtained Octavo operations parallax parallel parish pickets placed plotting pole pole star position protractor purpose quantity reading reduced reference refraction rhombus right angles road scale screws sextant shade sides signals spirit-level staff staff-holder star station line staves straight line surveyor taken tangent telescope theodolite tion traced triangles Trigonometrical Survey tripod vane vernier Vernier Scale vertical arc zenith
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