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The elements of railroad engineering (1897)

International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 90

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the eye. More distant objects which lie withoutthe possible range of location may be sketched in with theaid of the eye alone. 1298. Form of Topographers Notes.—A goodform for a topographers notes is shown in the accompany-ing diagram : Station. Lt. Line. Rt. Line. 0 8.4 10.0^45 ^ 30 -V -t^-- 1 ,… … 680 SURVEYING. They are a record of the cross-sections or slopes of a pre-liminary railroad survey, the line of which extends alongthe side of a steep hill. The slopes are taken with a Lockelevel and rod, giving the actual differences in elevation be-tween the points of change of slope. The…

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