Principles of geometry, mensuration, trigonometry, land-surveying, and levelling, with their application to the solution of practical problems in estimation, surveying and railway engineering |
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... line may be traced for miles through a coun- try over hills and valleys , with any degree of precision . After the same method a surveyor measures the length of any straight line in a field by means of the chain and arrows , which serve ...
... line may be traced for miles through a coun- try over hills and valleys , with any degree of precision . After the same method a surveyor measures the length of any straight line in a field by means of the chain and arrows , which serve ...
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... chain and cross staff , I measured along the side AB until I came to the point D , where a line DC drawn to the corner c is per- pendicular to AB ; I then found AD = 7 chains , DC = 6 chains , and DB = 5 chains . Give a plan of the ...
... chain and cross staff , I measured along the side AB until I came to the point D , where a line DC drawn to the corner c is per- pendicular to AB ; I then found AD = 7 chains , DC = 6 chains , and DB = 5 chains . Give a plan of the ...
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... line вm beyond the impedi- ment CDEF . A d D E From the point m ( with the cross staff , or by the method explained at Art . 48. ) lay down the perpendicular line m a ; on this line measure off mc = 1 chain , or any other conve- nient ...
... line вm beyond the impedi- ment CDEF . A d D E From the point m ( with the cross staff , or by the method explained at Art . 48. ) lay down the perpendicular line m a ; on this line measure off mc = 1 chain , or any other conve- nient ...
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... chain or tape line . From the given point D , in the chain line AB , let it be required to lay down the perpendicular DC . Measure off D m = 30 links ; with one extremity of the chain at m extend 90 links along mn D , then if a staff be ...
... chain or tape line . From the given point D , in the chain line AB , let it be required to lay down the perpendicular DC . Measure off D m = 30 links ; with one extremity of the chain at m extend 90 links along mn D , then if a staff be ...
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... line BD at right angles to BA ; take B C and C D any convenient distances , and place a staff at c ; lay down D K at ... chain , and DK = 3 chains . = 4 chains , DC = Ans . 12 chains . 6. To measure the height of an inaccessible object C ...
... line BD at right angles to BA ; take B C and C D any convenient distances , and place a staff at c ; lay down D K at ... chain , and DK = 3 chains . = 4 chains , DC = Ans . 12 chains . 6. To measure the height of an inaccessible object C ...
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ABCD base bisect breadth centre chain-line chains chord circum circumference cone construct convex surface cosine cubic cubic foot curve cutting cylinder describe diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw equilateral triangle feet field-book figure find the area foot formula frustum given point hence hypotenuse inches inscribed isosceles triangle join labour length let fall logarithm measured miles Multiply number of degrees parallel parallelogram perpen perpendicular height plane polygon prism PROBLEM protractor pyramid radius rectangle regular polygon Required the area Required the cost Required the solidity right angles right-angled triangle scale of equal sector similar triangles sine slant height sphere square station straight line tangent theodolite THEOREM thickness trapezium trapezoid triangle ABC Trigonometry vernier
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Page 143 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally; multiply the half sum, and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required. Example. — Required the area of a triangle, whose sides are 50, 40, and 30 feet. 50 + 40+30 ; — 60, half the sum of the three sides.
Page 66 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 170 - 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 ; multiply this sum by the perpendicular height, and J of the product will be the solidity.
Page 167 - To find t/ie solidity of a cone, or pyramid. — RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the perpendicular height, and one-third of the product will be the content To find the solidity of the frustum of a cone.
Page 37 - Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.
Page 146 - To find the area of a trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides "by the perpendicular distance between them : the product will be the area.
Page 164 - To find the solidity of a cylinder. RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the solidity.
Page 169 - 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.
Page 110 - I label the two new points e and /." FIG. 2 With the help of this figure he then proceeds to the usual proof of the theorem that the area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of the base by the altitude, establishing the equality of certain lines and angles and the congruence of the pair of triangles.