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 147
o surveyorsmeet, and jointly remeasure the land. If this fail, it only remains that thebuyer and seller jointly choose an experienced surveyor, as an umpire, bywhose decision the law will compel the parties to abide. EXAMPLES. 1. It is required to construct a figure, and find its area, fromthe… … Having constructed the figure, lay your scale from B to D;and if you find it exactly 1400 links, as in the field-hook ; youmay then measure the perpendicular B a = 468 links; and theperpendicular D a = 432 links; from which you will readilycompute the area required. 468432 per. 900 sum.1916 diag.…
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