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A Treatise of Practical Surveying: Which Is Demonstrated From Its First Principles; Wherein Every Thing That Is Useful and Curious in That Art, Is Fully Considered and Explained (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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It is a matter of fome wonder, that though furveying appears to have been the firfilot at Leafi one of lthe'firfl: of the ma thematical fciences, that the rel't have met with much greater improvements from the pens Of the molt eminent mathematicians, while this feems to have been neglected; infomuch that I have not been able'to meet with one author, who has fulficiently ex plained the whole art in its theory and practice: mw, it has been treat ed Of ina'praé'tical manner only and the few who have undertaken the theory, have in a great meature omitted the practice, Thefe confiderations induced me to at tempt a methodical, eafy, and clear courfe of Surveying, how far I have fucceeded in it, Inuit be, determined by the impartial reader: the fleps I have taken to render the whole evident and familiar are as follow.
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It is a matter of fome wonder, that though furveying appears to have been the firfilot at Leafi one of lthe'firfl: of the ma thematical fciences, that the rel't have met with much greater improvements from the pens Of the molt eminent mathematicians, while this feems to have been neglected; infomuch that I have not been able'to meet with one author, who has fulficiently ex plained the whole art in its theory and practice: mw, it has been treat ed Of ina'praé'tical manner only and the few who have undertaken the theory, have in a great meature omitted the practice, Thefe confiderations induced me to at tempt a methodical, eafy, and clear courfe of Surveying, how far I have fucceeded in it, Inuit be, determined by the impartial reader: the fleps I have taken to render the whole evident and familiar are as follow.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Seéiio'n' the fixth contains the nature of off-fets, and the method of cafiing them up by the pen: the nature and application of enlarging, diminilhing, and connecting of maps: variation of the compafs by ampli tudes and azimuths, with fome of its ufes; to which is added, a table of the fun's de-a clination: how to find by what fcale a map is laid down, having the map and area given: how to find the content of ground that is furv'eyed by a chain that is too long or too lhort: the method of dividing lands: And the whole concludes with fome necelfa ry directions and remarks on furveys in general.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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A Treatise of Practical Surveying (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book combines decimal fractions, the square root, geometrical definitions, theorems, and problems with the nature, and uses of logarithm numbers, tangents, and secants. The author presents an accessible practical method for surveying and measuring inaccessible distances with the chain only. Included are several descriptions of instruments used in surveying and their respective uses. This book is a concise yet comprehensive method for determining the areas of surveys from the field-notes or by practical calculation. The provided method is the quickest possible formula for finding the areas of right-lined figures. The author presents variation of the compass by amplitudes and azimuths with some of its uses, in addition there is a table of the sun's declination. The book concludes with some useful directions and remarks on surveys in general. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781333506834_0
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