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The Civil-Engineer & Surveyor's Manual: Comprising Surveying, Engineering ... Michael Mcdermott No preview available - 2017 |
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abscissa acid acres altitude alumina ammonia antimony azimuth base bearing boundary carbonate Centimetres centre chains chloride circle circumferentor clay color Comp copper cubic feet DEGREES DEPARTURE depth dilute Disch'ge Hgt dist distance divided east equal Equation Example formula Frustrum given gives grains greatest azimuth hour angle hydraulic hydrochloric acid insol iron land latitude latus rectum length lime limestone litres longitude magnesia marked meridian metres miles multiplied nitric acid oxide parallel perpendicular Polaris potash potassa prec precipitate quarter section corner radius right ascension river road sand segment side silica sine slopes soda soil soluble solution specific gravity square station stone survey surveyor tabular tangent Theodolite thick township triangle velocity wall
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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'.