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 189
over the ground, puts in motionthe clock-work within, and the distance measured is pointed out by an indexon the outside. This instrument is much more expeditious for measuringthe length of a road, than the chain ; but it is certainly less correct; for bythe wheel passing over stones, sinking into… … 3 ( Be°in at + 1. and measure to + 3, taking offsets on bothsides, as you proceed. Return to + 2, and measure to + 4,from which run a line to + §•> hich iwD tie the first andsecond lines. Return to -f- 4, and continue the line to + 6.From -r 6, proceed as before, until you arrive at -f 14 ;…
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