Beans, E. W. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, J. W. Moore · leaf 49
. If it berequired to determine H a pointat a given distance from A, wet may say; As C E : C F : : E D :F Gr, to which apply A C(= G H) to obtain F H: whenceH is determined. As in thepreceding case we may find theangle E C D which applied tothe bearing of C E, will give thebearing of C D, that is… … A MANUAL FOR SURVEYORS. 45 Example 1st. Being required to run a line be-tween two points, A and B—I measured a perpen-dicular A C, equal to 20 feet, and from C run theline C E, S 29° W 130 per., when I found the dis-tance E B was 27 feet to the right of C E ; whatis the bearing of A B; also what…
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