Surveying and Levelling Instruments, Theoretically and Practically Described

Surveying and Levelling Instruments, Theoretically and Practically Described. - For construction, qualities, selection, preservation, adjustments, and uses; with other apparatus and appliances used by civil engineers and surveyors in the field.

Since the publication of the Third Edition of this work, the author has been taken from us, and it has fallen to my lot to revise it and bring it up to the present time. This work I have approached with the greatest diffidence, having to follow one who had such profound knowledge of the subject, and I have earnestly endeavoured, as closely as possible, to act as I think he would have done had he been alive, and having enjoyed over twenty years of the happiest and closest business relations with himactively co-operating in bringing many of the instruments to their present state, I venture to hope that I have to some extent carried out what his wishes would have been. I have carefully read over and corrected the whole work, and the additions to it are only in the nature of bringing it up to date. H. T. Tallack. 286, High Holborn, June, 1914. [x][xi] [xvi][1] SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS. HISTORICAL SKETCHCLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBJECTPURPOSES AND QUALITIES OF INSTRUMENTSWORKMANSHIPMETALSALUMINIUMFRAMINGTOOLSAXES OF INSTRUMENTSSOLDERINGFINISHINGBRONZINGLACQUERINGGRADUATINGENGRAVINGSTYLEGLASS-WORKWOODWORKLUBRICATIONPRESERVATION OF INSTRUMENTSPACKING. 1.Historical Sketch.Although the aim of this work is to show the state of the art it is intended to represent at the present period, a large amount of literature, ancient and modern, has been consulted for its production, principally with the object that the authorship, as far as possible, should be given of the instruments described which have come into general use. Many of these instruments have been brought to their present state of perfection by small consecutive improvements upon older forms. Therefore, it is hoped, a brief historical sketch of the literature of the subject may be thought to form a fit introduction. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 63834
Author: Stanley, William Ford
Release Date: Nov 21, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Tallack, H. T