Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States and Private Land ClaimsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Surveying |
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1st rate 2d rate 34 E.-Continued 4th rate alongside August August 15 Axeman azimuth base line Bearing Trees boundary of township Chainman Chains Commissioner cottonwood course N. E. Diagram diam dist distance diurnal change earth 2 ft east boundary edges elongation established exterior field-notes fractional secs hour angle instructions Intersect lake Land Office latitude line run longitude magnetic bearing magnetic declination marked M. C. meander cor meander corner miles square minutes mound of earth mound of stone N. W. faces needle notches notches on E observation pine Pits impracticable plat principal meridian public lands raised a mound random line RICHARD ROODS River rolling ground sandy section corner Set a post Set a sandstone Set temporary sec side Soil south boundary Standard Cor subdivision subtract surveyor-general tabular Thence I run township true line true meridian U. C. of Polaris variation west from Greenwich Yellowstone River