The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions Requisite for the Skilful Practice of this Art |
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acres altitude Answer arch base bearing blank line centre chains and links circle circle of latitude circumferentor Co-sec Co-tang column compasses contained decimal Dep Lat Dep difference Dist divided divisions draw east Ecliptic edge EXAMPLE feet field-book figures fore four-pole chains geometrical series given number half the sum Horizon glass hypothenuse inches instrument Lat Dep Lat latitude length logarithm measure meridian distance multiplied Natural Co-sines natural sine Nonius number of degrees object observed off-sets opposite parallelogram perches perpendicular plane pole pole star PROB proportion protractor Quadrant quotient radius right angles right line scale of equal SCHOLIUM screw Secant sect semicircle Sextant side sights square root station stationary distance subtracted survey taken Tang tangent theo theodolite trapezium triangle ABC trigonometry vane versed sine vulgar fraction