A complete treatise on practical land-surveying, in seven parts; (1839)
Nesbit, A[nthony], 1778-1859. [from old catalog] · London, Longman, Orme, Browne, Green, and Longmans; [etc., etc.] · leaf 130
ezoid at the end. 2.57988 Area in square links.4 2^3195240 12.78080 Area 2a. 2r. 12|p. Note.—Whenever the rule given in this Problem can be applied, it willbe found more easy, expeditious, and accurate, in finding the areas of offsets,and of narrow pieces of land, than the rules for triangles and… … Fix upon any object B, close by the edge of the river, on theside opposite to which you stand. By the help of your cross,make A D perpendicular to A B; also make A C = C D, anderect the perpendicular D E; and when you have arrived at thepoint E, in a direct line with C B, the distance D E will be…
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