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... represented by this valuable book . The computations enable the user to ascertain the sines and cosines for a distance of twelve miles to within half an inch , and this BY REFERENCE TO BUT ONE TABLE , in place of the usual Fifteen ...
... represented by this valuable book . The computations enable the user to ascertain the sines and cosines for a distance of twelve miles to within half an inch , and this BY REFERENCE TO BUT ONE TABLE , in place of the usual Fifteen ...
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... It is a rude attempt at plan - drawing , representing the " Myne deeps , " as they were then called . The first writer who treated mining systematically , Georgius Agricola , in his work De re Metallica , published 2 MINE - SURVEYING .
... It is a rude attempt at plan - drawing , representing the " Myne deeps , " as they were then called . The first writer who treated mining systematically , Georgius Agricola , in his work De re Metallica , published 2 MINE - SURVEYING .
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... representing on paper what they have measured . ” As an example of an error involving great loss , serious danger , and future grave embarrassments , it may be mentioned that , according to Mr. P. W. Stuart - Menteath , at 4 MINE SURVEYING ...
... representing on paper what they have measured . ” As an example of an error involving great loss , serious danger , and future grave embarrassments , it may be mentioned that , according to Mr. P. W. Stuart - Menteath , at 4 MINE SURVEYING ...
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... represents , counting from the nearest end of the chain . The middle , or fiftieth , link is marked by a brass circle . A swivel - handle is provided at each end of the chain . The wire used in the construction of iron chains is usually ...
... represents , counting from the nearest end of the chain . The middle , or fiftieth , link is marked by a brass circle . A swivel - handle is provided at each end of the chain . The wire used in the construction of iron chains is usually ...
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... represents the chain . It is , therefore , advisable to begin the entries at the bottom of the page ; the chain and field - book being thus placed in the same position at the station - line with respect to the surveyor , who keeps his ...
... represents the chain . It is , therefore , advisable to begin the entries at the bottom of the page ; the chain and field - book being thus placed in the same position at the station - line with respect to the surveyor , who keeps his ...
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accuracy accurate adjusted back-sight base-line bearing bore-hole brass calculated centre chain City Guilds clamped clinometer coal colliery collimation coloured compass contour lines cord corner cosec cotan cross-wires curve determined direction distance employed equal error fathoms feet fixed fore-sight glass graduated ground height hole horizontal circle inches inches in diameter inclination instrument intersection latitude length line of sight lode magnetic bearing magnetic meridian magnetic-needle marked means measured method metres mine-surveying miner's dial mines needle observations obtained offsets Ordnance Survey parallel parallel ruler perpendicular placed plane planimeter plate plotting plumb-bob plumb-line plummet position protractor represents right angles safety-lamp scale seam shaft side spirit-level square staff station station-line strike and dip surface surface-surveys survey tacheometer tacheometry tangent screw telescope theodolite transit-theodolite traverse triangle tripod tube underground vernier vernier-plate vertical angles wire yards
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