INDEX 



Absorptive power of stone, 



Table of, 304 

 Accuracy in leveling, 88 



of angle measurements, 65 

 Adjustment of sextant, 128 



of wye level, 76 

 Adjustments of compass, 33 

 of dumpy level, 79 

 of transit, 44 



Aggregate, Definition of, 312 

 Aggregates for concrete, 313 

 Agonic lines, 38 

 Altitude, Correction for, 152 

 of a star, 140 

 Table of sun's parallax in, 



152 



Angle bars, and bolts per mile 

 of track, Table of num- 

 ber of rails, pairs of, 236 

 measurements, Accuracy 



of, 65 



of friction, 271 

 of intersection, 159 

 of repose, 271 



Angles of friction for miscel- 

 laneous materials, Table 

 of coefficients and, 273 

 of repose and weights of 

 earths, Table of coeffi- 

 cients of friction and, 273 

 of repose for masonry mate- 

 rials. Table of coefficients 

 of friction and, 272 

 or arcs, Measures of, 2 

 Platting, 119 



Angular bends, Table of co- 

 efficients for, 362. 

 surveying, 33. 

 surveying, Definition of, 26 

 Apparent day, 141 

 Archimedes, Principle of, 346 

 Arcs, Measures of angles or, 2 

 Asphalt pavements, 406 



Astronomical time, 142 

 Astronomy, Practical, 138 

 Atmospheric pressure, 346 

 Avoirdupois weight, 3 

 Azimuth, Corrections for ob- 

 servations of the sun for, 

 154 



of a star, 140 



of the sun, Formula for, 150 

 traverse, Field notes of, 54 

 Traversing by, 51 

 Azimuths of Polaris at elonga- 

 tion, Table of, 148 



B 

 Backsights and foresights, 



Balancing, 85. 

 Balancing the survey of a 



closed field, 61 

 Barometiic leveling, 91 



table, 92 



Beam, Stiffness of, 295 

 Beams, 287 



Designing of, 293 

 Formula for deflection of, 



296 



Formulas for bending mo- 

 ments of, 291 

 Formulas for maximum 



shear of, 291 

 Bearing, Magnetic, 35 

 True, 38 



values of rivets, 281, 282 

 Bending moment, Definition 



of, 289 



moments of beams, For- 

 mulas for, 291 

 Bitulithic pavement, 408 

 Bituminous macadam roads, 



399 

 Bolts in a keg, Number of 



track, 237 



per mile of track, Table of 

 number of rails, pairs of 

 angle bars, and, 236 



