SURVEYING MANUAL 



A MANUAL OF FIELD AND OFFICE METHODS 

 FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS IN SURVEYING 



FOURTH EDITION 

 By PROFESSORS WILLIAM D. PENCE AND MILO S. KETCHUM 



Leather, 4^x7 ins., pp. 388 + xii, 10 plates and 140 illustrations in, 

 the text, and 130 pages of tables. Price, 2.50 net. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chapter I. General Instructions. II. The Chain and Tape. III. The Cora- 

 pass. IV. The Level. V. The Transit. VI. Topographic Surveying. VII. 

 Land Surveying. VIII. Railroad Surveying. IX. Errors of Surveying. X. 

 Methods of Computing. XI. Freehand Lettering, Logarithmic and Trigono- 

 metric Tables. 



COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. 



The object of the authors as stated in the preface, is first "to provide a simple and 

 comprehensive text, designed to anticipate, rather than replace, the usual elaborate 

 treatise; second, to bring the student into immediate familiarity with approved surveying 

 methods; third, to cultivate the student's skill in the rare art of keeping good field notes 

 and making reliable calculations." 



In this the authors have succeeded admirably. As a pocket guide to field practice 

 for students, probably nothing better has been produced. Especially are the instructions 

 in regard to keeping field notes to be commended. Many engineers have found that it 

 has taken years to obtain this art, so generally neglected in the work of engineering schools. 

 Journal of Western Society of Engineers. 



The scope of the book is large, and the various subjects included are treated not in a 

 descriptive but in a critical manner. The book is well arranged and is written in a clear 

 concise manner, which should make its study easy and pleasant. Engineering News. 



It gives the student just the information he needs. The book is a gratifying indication 

 of the importance attached to the cultivation of habits of neatness and celerity in the 

 authors' methods of instruction. Engineering Record. 



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