# 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.

Author: Stanley, William Ford, 1829-1909; Tallack, H. T. [Editor]

Genre: Category: Engineering & Technology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63834

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Surveying+and+Levelling+Instruments%2C+Theoretically+and+Practically+Described.+For+Stanley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE TELESCOPE AS A PART OF A SURVEYING INSTRUMENT:--General Description--Qualities--Optical Principles--Refraction of Glass--Limit of Refraction--Reflection--Prisms--Lenses, Convex and Concave--Aberration--Formation of Images--Dispersion-- Achromatism--Curvature of Lenses--Telescopes--Eye-pieces--Powers-- Dynameter--Construction of the Telescope--Diaphragm--Webs--Lines-- Points--Parallax--Examination and Adjustment 24

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Chapter XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surveying-and-levelling-instruments-theoretically-and-practical-d85e8519/chapters/8/index.md)