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Page 10 - ... one person being in fault will not dispense with another's using ordinary care for himself Two things must concur to support this action. An obstruction in the road by the fault of the defendant, and no want of ordinary care to avoid it on the part of the plaintiff.
Page 50 - CF was measured, not in the direction DC, equal to 200 yards, and from D a distance DE equal to 200 yards, and the following angles taken, C AFC = 83° 00', BDE = 54° 30', viz., \ACD- 53° 30', BDC = 156° 25', [ACF= 54° 31', BED = 88° 30'.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Civil-engineer & Surveyor's Manual |
| Author | Michael McDermott |
| Publisher | Fergus printing Company, 1879 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 586 pages |
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