A system of geometry and trigonometry : with a treatise on surveying ... in which, also, the principles of rectangular surveying ... are fully explained: with a complete series of mathematical tables, and the necessary explanations (1830)
Flint, Abel, 1765-1825, Gillet, George, Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889 · Hartford : Cooke & co. · leaf 113
ree willbe 34f miles.—Ed. * This and the following problems are not contained in previous edi-tions.—Ed. K3 no APPENDIX. the point E may be taken in one side or an^le. And -ene-rallv, it may be observed, that the nearer tiie point E is ta.ken to one side of the map, the less will the enlarcred plot… … In many cases it is convenient to be able to make an esti-mate of the quantity of land in a field, ^th tolerable accuracy,but without the trouble of a tedious computation. In suchinstances, the plot may ofken be reduced, -ith : rvantage, to atriangle. Let ABCDEF be the field. I observ-e a…
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