Appleton's cyclopædia of drawing, designed as a textbook for the mechanic, architect, engineer, and surveyor (1866)
Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed, Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1866. D. Appleton & co.) [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 559
o the consecutive sums will be the corre-sponding error. The best way of correcting errors and of plotting a survey, whethermade by compass or by theodolite, is by balancing the survey, or correct-ing the latitudes and departure of the courses so that they shall be equal.Eor the method of doing… … Total Latitude Total Departure Sta. from Sta. 1. from Sta. 1. 1 0.00 0.00 2 -f 2.21 K + 1.55E. 3 + 2.36 N. + 2.S3 E. 4 + 1.15 K -f 4.69 E. 5 - 1.78 S. + 2.69E. 1 0.00 0.00 This table represents thesurvey as given, ^g. 22, bal-anced. To plot from this table,draw a meridian through thepoint taken for…
