The theory and practice of surveying. Designed for the use of surveyors and engineers generally, but especially for the use of students in engineering (1886)
Johnson, J. B. (John Butler), 1850-1902 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 230
l map of the region isnecessary; and when this survey is made, a little extra care toobtain all the corners of private claims will enable the areasof all such lots to be determined with great accuracy and atsmall additional cost. The method probably has no advan-tages when the area of but a single… … let the origin be one chain west of A and three chains south ofB. Then, from the balanced latitudes and departures for thiscase, given on p. 191, we find the following coordinates of thecornersya} yb, etc., denoting the latitudes of the corners A, B,etc., and similarly with xat xbi etc., for…
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