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 148
length. 467731189354 689 = B C558 = D A 2)1247 623 mean breadth. 9.712574 2.8502840 34.01120 Here the area is found to he 9a. 2r. 34p., which is too muchby 1a. Or. 15p. ; but the more nearly a trapezium approachesto a square, or rectangle, the less will be the error. Part IV.) LAND-SURVEYING. 125… … Having constructed the figure, you will find that in conse-quence of the length of the side A B, a perpendicular from theangle A to the diagonal D B, cannot be taken; you must, 126 LAND-SURVEYING. (Part IV. therefore, let fall the perpendicular D a, from the angle D tothe side A B, which you will…
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