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 316
the other ? Ans. 1500 and 500 links. PROBLEM V. Upon a given Base, to lay out a Triangle that shall contain anygiven number of Acres, fyc. Rule.—Divide the area by half the base, or twice the areaby the whole base, and the quotient will be the perpendicularof the triangle. EXAMPLES. 1. Lay out 3a.… … Upon any part of the given base A B, suppose at D, erectthe perpendicular D 0, which make = 600 links; then stakeout the line A C and BC; so will A B C be the required tri-angle. But if the perpendicular be erected at either end of thebase, as at B, then the line A E must be staked out; and ABEwill…
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