A treatise on surveying, comprising the theory and the practice ; (1887)
Gillespie, W. M. (William Mitchell), 1816-1868, Staley, Cady, 1840- [from old catalog] ed · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 109
150. Otherivise: At the point A, in Fig. 119,set off a perpendicular, AC. At C set off another perpendicu- 94 LAXD-SUR VETING. lar, CD. Find a point, E, in the line ofAC and B D. Measure AE and E C. ThenAEXCD isAB = … / CE If E C be made equal to A E, and D beset in the line of B E, and also in the per-pendicular from C, then will C D be equalto AB. If EC = iAE, then CD = *AB. 151. Otherwise: At A, in Fig. 120, measurea perpendicular, A C, to the line AB ; and atany point, as D in this line, set off a…
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