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 397
edges—i. e., where their slopes willmeet the surface of theground ; and the heightwhich the ground at thosepoints is above or below therequired height or depth ofthe top or bottom of thefinished work, is marked onthese stakes with the words cut, or fill, or the signs + or —.The places of the stakes… … lai \i LEVELING LOCATION. 383 Fig. 408. In staking out foundation-pits, set temporary stakes exactlyabove the intended bottom angles of the completed pit, thus mark-ing out on the surface of theground its intended shape.Take the heights of each ofthese stakes and move themoutward such distances…
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