Part 1. Introduction and the Principles of Geometry. Part 2. Land

Surveying; comprising General Observations--The Chain--Offsets Surveying by the Chain only--Surveying Hilly Ground--To Survey an Estate or Parish by the Chain only--Surveying with the Theodolite-- Mining and Town Surveying--Railroad Surveying--Mapping--Division and Laying out of Land--Observations on Enclosures--Plane Trigonometry. Part 3. Levelling--Simple and Compound Levelling-- The Level Book--Parliamentary Plan and Section--Levelling with a Theodolite--Gradients--Wooden Curves--To Lay out a Railway Curve-- Setting out Widths. Part 4. Calculating Quantities generally for Estimates--Cuttings and Embankments--Tunnels--Brickwork--Ironwork-- Timber Measuring. Part 5. Description and Use of Instruments in Surveying 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.