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A treatise on land-surveying; comprising the theory developed from five elementary principles; and the practice with the chain alone, the compass, the transit, the theodolite, the plane table, &c. Illustrated by four hundred engravings, and a magnetic chart (1875)

Gillespie, W. M. (William Mitchell), 1816-1868 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 52

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e more appropriately given in connection with thesurveys which measure the necessary lines; as ex^Dlained in PartII, Chap. III. (70) SECOND METHOD.—GEOMEIRUALLY. From mea-surements of the necessary lines upon the plat. (71) Division into Triangles. The plat of a piece of groundhaving been dra-\yn… … ways of doing this are shown in the figures: viz. by drawing linesfrom one corner to the other corners; from a point in one of thesides to the corners; from a point inside of the figure to the cor-ners ; and from various comers to other comers. The last methodIS usually the best. The fines ought to…

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