A Treatise on Land Surveying: Comprising the Theory Developed from Five Elementary Principles; and the Practice with the Chain Alone, the Compass, the Transit, the Theodolite, the Plane Table |
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ABCD acres alidade base line Bearing calculated centre CHAPTER chord circle compass complete quadrilateral contour lines convenient corner Cosine Cotang course cross-hairs desired determined diagonals difference direction distance divided division draw drawn East equal feet field Field-notes figure fixed gamboge given line given point half horizontal inaccessible inch India ink instrument intersection Latitudes and Departures length line of sight Longitude MAGNETIC BEARING mark measured Meridian method needle North object obtained offsets paper parallel pass perpendicular plane plat plate plumb-line preceding precisely prolonged protractor quadrilateral radius reading represent right angles scale screws side similar triangles Sine South square chains stake station straight line subtract survey surveyor Tangent telescope Theodolite Theorem tion township Transit trapezoid Trigonometry turn Variation Vernier Vernier scale vertical West whence