A system of geometry and trigonometry, with a treatise on surveying; in which the principles of rectangular surveying, without plotting, are explained (1835)
Flint, Abel, 1765-1825, Gillet, George · Hartford, Belknap & Hamersley; New York, Cooke & Co. · leaf 52
gles made by two sides, without refer-ence to the bearing of tliose sides. Sucli a compass would be particularlyuseful in surveying land where tliere are mineral substances which have aninfluence upon the compass needle, attracting it one way or the other, andthus rendering it impossible to take a… … REMARKS. The sides of the several triangles into which the plot of afield is divided may be found by trigonometry ; and then thearea of each triangle may be calculated according to prob.IX. Rule 3. The sum of the areas of the several triangles*^vill be the area of the whole field. This method may…
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