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THE INDEX 



mous with "strain," 69; unit 

 of, 64 



Stresses: combined, 68; complex, 

 65 f . ; simple, 63 ff . ; tempera- 

 ture, 68 



String target (ill.), 289 



Stromberg carburetor (ill.), 497 



Stucco, 159; for walls, 3051". 



Stucco finish for concrete, 155 f. 



Stumps, use of dynamite for 

 removing, 188 f. 



Subdividing of townships, 83, 91 



Suction, 402 



Sunshine, plant growth as affected 

 by, 81 



Surveyors' chain, 8 f. 



Surveyor's compass, 26 



Surveys, 83-105; administration 

 of, iot f.; classes of, 84; con- 

 tract, 102; instruments for, 94; 

 metes-and-bounds, 85, 101, 103; 

 object of, 95; of foreign land 

 grants, 85, 101; original, 85 ff.; 

 rectangular system, 85 ff ., 103 f. ; 

 resurveys (see Resurveys) ; 

 terms used in, 83 f. 



Swartz, Berthold, 174 



Sycamore, 126 



Tackle, 57. See also Blocks 



Tally, 84 



Tally pin, 84 



Tamarack, 106, 120, 123, 126 



Tape: chains, 14 f.; errors in 



measurements in use of, 14; 



linen, 13; metallic, 13; steel, 



13 f. 

 Tar, effect of, on rope, 31 



Technical terms, when used in 

 records, 4 



Telephones, 442-460; battery for, 

 449 ff.; call bells for, 4451!.; 

 circuit for, 449, 453 f . ; code- 

 ringing system, 451; construc- 

 tion of lines for, 455 ff.; ex- 

 change system, 447 f., 449 f.; 

 harmonic system, 452 f . ; induc- 

 tion coil circuit for, 445 ; inven- 

 tion of, 442; line circuits for, 

 453 f . ; party lines, 450 f • I 

 polarity system, 453; protec- 

 tion of, 458 f . ; rural lines of, 

 448 f . ; selective systems of, 



451; series circuit for, 443 ff.; 

 split alternating-current system, 

 452 ; transmitters for, 442 f . 



Temperature: chill point, or cold 

 point, 465; cycles, 72, 74; 

 effect of, on dynamite, 177; 

 effect of, on storage batteries, 

 504; effect of, on wire fencing, 

 240; fire point, 465; flash point, 

 465; formula for conversion of 

 Fahrenheit to Centigrade, 23; 

 measurement of, 23; measure- 

 ments as affected by, 14; 

 stresses, 68 



Tension, 63 f., 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 



Tenth, 7 



Thermostats, 417 



Tile, 159; blinding for, 294; 

 cleaning out, 297; drainage 

 capacity of, 282; effect of high 

 water on (ill.), 295; for drain- 

 age ditches, 279, 281 ff.; for 

 drains, 390; for silo construc- 

 tion, 346: hauling and dis- 

 tribution of, 83 ff . ; hollow, for 

 walls, 309; injury to, by freez- 

 ing, 297 f . ; injury to, by roots 

 of trees and plants, 298; in- 

 spection of, 292 f.; junction, 

 292; laying of, 290 ff.; outlet 

 for, 296 f . ; outlet for drainage, 

 294, 296; qualities of drainage, 

 282 f . ; relation of tile line to 

 ground surface (ill.), 295 



Tile scoop, 286 



Timber construction, support in 



(ill-), 305 

 Timber hitch, 48 



Time, unit of, 23 



Tin, for walls, 307 f. 



Ton, 17; long, 17 



Tool, definition, 461 



"Tops," 495 



Torque, 511 



Torsion, 67 



Township, 16 



Townships: convergency of 

 boundary lines, 90; curvature 

 corrections, 87, 92 f.; deter- 

 mination of boundaries, 83, 

 89 f . ; limit of errors for bound- 

 aries, 94; numbering of, 91; 

 offsets, 90; subdivision of, 91; 

 width of, 90 



