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Elements of surveying and leveling (1898)

Davies, Charles, 1798-1876 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company · leaf 340

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ommontangent at C, the pointof compound curvature,are in the same straight line. Continue the curve p AC to D, where its tan- fig. itt. gent OD becomes parallel to BK, and consequently the radiusED parallel to FB, Then if the chords CD and CB bedrawn, we have the angle CFD = CFB, whence BCD, the… … 366. To find a limit in one direction of each radius of acompound curve. Let AI and BI, Fig. 177, be the tangents of the curve ; drawIM bisecting the angle AIB ; draw ^X and ^il/perpendicularrespectively to AI and BI, meeting IM in L and M. Then theradius of the branch commencing on the shorter…

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