PUBLISHED BY HORACE COX. 



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Demy ^vo., price 3s. 6f/., by post 3s. 9c/., Illustrated with several Diagrauis. 



THE 



PRACTICAL SURVEYOR-. 



A TREATISE UPON SURVEYING. 



SPECIALLY AERANGED FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PUPILS, STEWARDS, 

 THE SCHOLASTIC PROFESSION, AND INTENDING EMIGRANTS. 



BY THOMAS HOLl_OWAY. 



CONTENTS. 



Chap. 

 I. 

 II. 



III. 

 IV.- 



VI. 

 VII. 



VIII. 

 IX.- 



XI. 

 XII. 



Chap. 



-The Man and his Outfit. XIII. 



-The Chain — Cautions to Be- 

 ginners — Best Figure for Chain 

 Sui-veying. XIV 



-Boundaries. 



-Setting-out Lines by the Eye and 

 passing Obstructions. 



-Division of the Circle and Use of 

 Box Sextant — Chain Angles 

 Condemned— Cross Staff Con- XV 



demned — The Optical Square 

 — Measuring Inaccessible Dis- 

 tances. XVI, 



-The Theodolite — Setting-out 

 Lines with the Theodolite. 



-Reduction of thte Measure of Un- XVII, 

 dulating Ground to Horizontal 

 Measures and Table of Vertical ' XVIII. 

 Angles. 



-Measuring Lines — The Offset 



Staff and taking Offsets. ! XIX. 



-To prove the Correctness of Ob- I XX. 

 servations taken with the Sex- j XXI. 

 tant — Single Fields Measured 

 with the Chain and Optical 

 Sqiiare. so that the Areas can 

 be directly Calculated. 



-To Set-out a Eight Angle with XXII, 

 the Chain — Figures of the Lines 

 of Measurement best adapted XXIII, 

 to Irregular Fields 



-Equalising Boundariea. and 



Drawing a Triangle equal to a I XXIV. 

 given Figure. I XXV 



-Computation of Areas of Irre- I 



gular Fields. | XXVI. 



—Example of a Survey of several 

 Fields together, and the Field 

 Book. 



— Reference Numbers to Maps — 

 To put Dntached Buildings 

 in correct Positions on a Plan 

 by Means of Unmeasured 

 Lines — Lines Measured on 

 the Work — Making Stations. 



— Plotting — Selection and Ma- 

 nagement of Paper — Inking 

 in. 



— Surveys made for the purpose 

 of Dividing Land into Stated 

 Quantities. 



— Setting-out Allotments and 

 Building Plots. 



—Angles and Bearings, and Use 

 and Adjustment of Circular 

 Protractor. 



— Traverse SurA-eys. 



— Quality Lines — Superstructures 

 and Works Underground — 

 Harvest and Coppice Work 

 — Reducing Plans from a 

 Large Plan to a Small One. 



— To Copy a Map — Colouring, 

 Penmanship, &c. 



— Commencement of a Parish 

 Survey — Surveying to a Scale 

 of Feet. 



— Town Surveying. 



— Testing the Accuracy of a 

 Survey — General Remarks. 



— In Memory of the Past. 



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