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 264
led trianglewill be formed, and the angle ZAY will be the angle at A be-tween the first line AB and the desired line AZ. This method of operation has many useful applications, such asin obtaining data for running railroad-curves, etc., and the studentshould master it thoroughly. * The length of the… … The desired angle (and at the same timethe distance) can be obtained, approximately,in this and the preceding case, by finding in atraverse-table the final latitude and departureof the desired line (or a latitude and departurehaving the same ratio), and the bearing anddistance corresponding to…
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