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... surveyor is only interested in the vertex or highest point reached by the curve , and obviously this highest point is quite independent of the chronometer error and indeed of the unit in which the time is measured . The chronometer only ...
... surveyor is only interested in the vertex or highest point reached by the curve , and obviously this highest point is quite independent of the chronometer error and indeed of the unit in which the time is measured . The chronometer only ...
Page 62
... surveyor observes that a star of declination 68 ° 58 ′ 53 ′′ South transits at a maximum altitude of 33 ° 22 ′ 34 ′′ . Taking the refraction to be 1 ' 21 " , what was the surveyor's latitude ? 2. What will be the approximate local ...
... surveyor observes that a star of declination 68 ° 58 ′ 53 ′′ South transits at a maximum altitude of 33 ° 22 ′ 34 ′′ . Taking the refraction to be 1 ' 21 " , what was the surveyor's latitude ? 2. What will be the approximate local ...
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... surveyor who has to connect his work to one of them must take care to put the correct numbers into his geodetic ... Surveyor , September 1969 . JACKSON J. E. ' The quantity of a degree in our English Measure ' . Empire Survey Review No ...
... surveyor who has to connect his work to one of them must take care to put the correct numbers into his geodetic ... Surveyor , September 1969 . JACKSON J. E. ' The quantity of a degree in our English Measure ' . Empire Survey Review No ...
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