A treatise on surveying ; in which the theory and practice are fully explained (1860)
Alsop, Samuel · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle & co. · leaf 195
192 COMPASS SURVEYING. [Chap. V. Fig. 141 is a plat of this tract. Fig. 141. … SECTION V. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES, DEFINITIONS. 330. The difference of latitude—or, as it is concisely called,the latitude of a line—is the distance one end is farthernorth or south than the other. It is reckoned north or south according as the bearing isnortherly or southerly. 331. The…
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