A treatise on surveying and navigation |
Contents
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31 | |
TocloseaBurvey 39 | 39 |
Explanation of Tables | 64 |
SURVEYING | 70 |
HenenrotionofSolide | 79 |
t _ t 0 o n I I I a o o a o o I o n o o Vernier Scales in general 8586 | 85 |
PilotingShips _ 154 | 154 |
AdjustingtheLevel 1159181 | 163 |
NAVIGATION | 175 |
Plane Sailing I ISO186 | 186 |
g Q Q I I 0 p I Q o Mercators Sailing t | 196 |
Quedrentandflextant | 202 |
To find the Latitude by the meridian Altitude of the Moon 209211 | 209 |
0 I u 0 1 I o Q o i I I 0 O i o to 0 I o I g 1 Q n Q q a e o Longitude by Chrouometer | 217 |
Tofindthetruefromarandomldne | 90 |
CHAPTER III | 103 |
PracticalDiflioulties | 112 |
Difliculties and Duties ofaurveyor | 118 |
uniwdsmm Moaooscoaollqitotbl CHAPTER VI | 124 |
1 116 | 147 |
920 | 223 |
APPENDIX | 230 |
Artifices in the use and computation of logarithms 239245 | 239 |
LatitudeandDepartnre 81 | 8 |
Introduction Q 175 | 75 |
Takingen leebytheCompaes 89 | 89 |
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