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adjustment advanced base airstrip alidade altitude approach zones azimuth boat caisson celestial equator celestial pole celestial sphere centerline central angle chord definition circle clear zone clearance computed construction control points control stations culvert deflection angle degree of curve distance drain drainage dredge duct earth elevation established excavation feet field gage grade stakes grade tangents gradient horizontal alignment HOUR ANGLE intersection intervals landing strip law of sines length logarithms main baseline manhole mass diagram measured Naval NavPers necessary nomograph observed pantograph parallax party percent piles pipe placed plane table plane-table planimeter plotted pole position radius right ascension runway scale Seabee sewer sextant shaft sheet shore shown in figure shows sides sines slide rule slope soundings stadia subgrade surface surveying Surveyor telescope tide tion transit traverse triangle tunnel underground usually vertical curve vertical offset water-front structures Yards and Docks
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Page 92 - The logarithm of a product is equal to the sum of the logarithms of its factors.
Page 38 - The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which a certain other number, called the base, must be raised to produce the given number.
Page 64 - Any circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere is a GREAT CIRCLE.
Page 84 - The laws of plane trigonometry are three in number— the law of sines, the law of cosines, and the law of tangents.
Page 60 - The plane of the ecliptic is inclined to the plane of the equinoctial at an angle of about 23° 27'.
Page 92 - The logarithm of a fraction is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator: log a/b = log a — log b.
Page 41 - If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.
Page 41 - The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than 1 is a positive integer or zero, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point.
Page 85 - Since the sides of any triangle are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles, it appears on inspection of Fig.