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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 290

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hrough which it is required torun a line so as to part off fromthe field a given area in the formof a triangle. When the field is given on line is to fall, a meridian, and changingthe bearings. The difference of the newdepartures will be the departure of thedivision-line. Its position can then… … 276 LAND-SURVEYING, the ground or on a plat, the division can be made by construction,thus: Divide the given area by half of the perpendicular distancefrom P to A C, and set off the quotient from C to G-. BisectG C in H. From P draw P E, parallel to the side B C. On H Edescribe a semicircle. On it…

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