 | Howard Chapin Ives - Surveying - 1914 - 330 pages
...corners of the area should be located by bearings and distances from a compass station. Azimuth Traverse. The azimuth of a line is the horizontal angle which it makes with a north and south line. The south point is taken as zero, the azimuth being measured to the right through... | |
 | William David Pence - 1915 - 416 pages
...reduced. It is doubtful if it is ever consistent to make more than 5 or 6 repetitions. Azimuth.—The azimuth of a line is the horizontal angle which it...south point being Taken as zero in common surveying. Deflection.—The deflection of a line is the angle that it makes with the preceding line produced,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1944 - 314 pages
...in mils from 0 to 6400. In figure 42, the angle a represents the azimuth of the line AB. The bearing of a line is the horizontal angle which it makes with a north and south line; when making computations, the bearing is usually expressed in a value less than... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1100 pages
...direction from grid north. In Figure 14 the angle a represents the azimuth of the line AB. The bearing of a line is the horizontal angle which it makes with a north and south line; it is usually expressed in a value less than 90° and, therefore, it is sometimes... | |
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Plate 13 the angle a represents the azimuth of the line AB. The bearing of a line is the horizontal angle which it makes with a north and south line ; it is usually expressed in a value less than 90° and, therefore, it is sometimes measured from the... 