Surveying Theory and Practice |
Contents
Concepts | 1 |
Features of Surveying Instruments | 13 |
FIELD AND OFFICE PROBLEMS LIST xxiii | 21 |
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Surveying Theory and Practice Raymond Earl Davis,Francis Seeley Foote,Joe Wallace Kelly Snippet view - 1966 |
Surveying Theory and Practice Raymond Earl Davis,Francis Seeley Foote,Joe Wallace Kelly Snippet view - 1966 |
Surveying Theory and Practice Raymond Earl Davis,Francis Seeley Foote,Joe Wallace Kelly Snippet view - 1966 |
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adjustment alidade approximately azimuth bearing bench marks boundaries bubble circle clamped compass computed correction cross-hair cross-section described in Art determined difference in elevation direction dumpy level employed ephemeris equation error of closure established example eyepiece field foresight distances Geodetic Survey given grade graduated ground Gunter's chain head chainman hence horizontal angle horizontal axis hour angle instrument intersection latitude level tube leveling screws line of sight logarithm magnetic magnetic bearings magnetic declination means measured meridian method needle notes objective observed offsets perpendicular plane table planimeter plate plotted plumb line Polaris position precision probable error problem refraction rod reading rotated scale side slide slope stakes solar stadia stadia interval station surface surveyor systematic errors taken tangent tape length telescope theodolite tion topographic transit traverse triangle tripod turning points U.S. Coast usually vertical angles vertical axis zero