Aid to Survey Practice for Reference in Surveying, Levelling, and Setting Out

Absc Abscissa accuracy adjustment adopted altitude amount angular measurement angular observation appliances astronomical observations axis azimuth base line bearings calculation centre chain surveys chord chronometer collimation compass convenient correct corresponding cosec cotg curvature curve determined difference direction distant point equal error feet figure fixed formulæ given graduated Greenwich mean ground Gunter's chains height hence horizontal angle inch instru instrument latitude length level-staff longitude lunar distance marked mean ment meridian method micrometer mile mode Nautical Almanac necessary object obtained operations Ordinate parallax pegs plane pole position principle purposes radii radius reading recorded reduced reflecting refraction right angles right ascensions route-surveys scale screws Section set-out setting-out sextant side sights sin² spherical spherical excess staff station staves subtended superelevation survey line surveyor tangent tangent point telemeter telescope theodolite tion transit traverse triangles Trigonometrical Trigonometrical Survey vertical wires