Books Relating to Applied Science, Published by E. & F. N. Spon, 1890.

Part 5. Description and Use of Instruments in Surveying

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and Plotting—The Improved Dumpy Level—Troughton’s Level—The Prismatic Compass—Proportional Compass—Box Sextant—Vernier—Pantagraph—Merrett’s Improved Quadrant—Improved Computation Scale—The Diagonal Scale—Straight Edge and Sector.