A Treatise on Land Surveying in Theory and Practice ...1869 |
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accuracy accurately adjacent angles adjusted already described altitude angular instrument angular point ascertained atmospheric refraction axis base line bisection centre chain length chord clamped computed contained angle convenient correct corresponding determined diagram difference direction district endless wire equal error due field field-book formula given graduated ground horizontal distance horizontal limb inaccessible distances inclined intermediate points laid lines traced lunar distance manner marked measured angle ment meridian observed obstruction obtained parallel lines parcel perpendicular plotted point of intersection polygon position practical primary protractor purpose reading reference line reference point refraction remote point scale secondary selected sextant similar triangles slow-motion screw spherical spherical excess staff straight line suitable surface configuration survey of detail surveyor tangent telescope theodolite tion traced to intersect traverse triangles trig trigonometrical survey tube verify vernier vertical angles vertical limb vertical plane water margins wire zero
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Page 291 - Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 60 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
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Page 252 - ... rectilineal figures are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
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