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COMMONLY EMPLOYED BY MILITARY MEN, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING AND ADJUSTING THEM;
PLATES AND DIAGRAMS.
BY MAJOR BASIL JACKSON,
LATE OF THE ROYAL STAFF CORPS.
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 7, LEADENHALL-STREET.
1846.
TO COLL. MECH. ARTS, SEPTEMBER 20, 1890,
[ENTERED AT STATIONERS'-HALL.]
LONDON: PALMER AND CLAYTON, PRINTER, CRANE COURT, FLEET STREET.
II.-Method of Surveying a Road by the Compass, and
Protracting in the Field
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III. Of the Simplest Method of Sketching a Portion of
Ground; a Military Position, for instance, with the
aid of the Compass
IV.-Of Finding your Place in a Survey or Sketch when
filling in
V.-Process of a real Military Sketch-Sketching Fea-
tures of Ground
ON SURVEYING WITH THE THEODOLITE.
VI.-A Description of the Theodolite-Its Adjustments in
the Field-Taking Angles-Vernier Scale
VII.—Traversing with the Theodolite and Chain, and Plot-
ting the Survey
VIII.-General Observations on Surveying
IX.-Method of conducting a Survey
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XI.-On Plan-Drawing-Methods of Shading Hills, &c. 62
XII.-General Remarks in Surveying, Plan-Drawing,
and Sketching
XIII.-The Pocket-Sextant-Its Adjustments-Use in
Surveying, Measuring Heights and Distances,
&c. The Reflecting Semicircle - Optical
Square-Plane Table
Further Description of the Theodolite, with
an Explanation of its several Adjustments-
Description of the Prismatic Compass
XIV.-Résumé on Surveying Instruments-Of the Me-
ridian Line
XV.-Marquois Scales and Triangle-Plotting Scale-
Mathematical Instruments-Of Scales-Geo-
metrical Problems, and Tracing Figures on the
Ground, &c.
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116
Surveying with the
Chain - Method of conducting a Survey -
Plotting the Survey.
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ON LEVELLING.
XVIII.—Observations-Levelling with a Mason's Level—
With Boning Staves-Description of a Spirit-
Level-Levelling Staves-Method of Levelling
with a Spirit-Level-Drawing Sections-Le-
velling with a Theodolite-Tracing Contour
Lines-French Water-Level-Reflecting-Level 167
XIX.-Theory of Levelling-Terrestrial Refraction and
Curvature-Levelling by the Mountain Baro-
meter-To determine Altitudes by the different
Temperatures of Boiling Water
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Sect.
MISCELLANEOUS.
XX.-Application of Trigonometry to measuring Heights
and Distances-Reduction of Oblique Angles,
taken with a Sextant, to the corresponding
Horizontal Angles-Portable Trigonometry
XXI.-Description and Use of the Large Sextant—Its
Adjustments-Artificial Horizon-Method of
using it--Parallax-Refraction-To find the
Variation of the Needle
XXII. LATITUDE AND LONGitude.
of finding the Latitude
Longitude
MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE.
XXIII.-General Observations-Heads of Instruction for
Reconnoissance, with Explanatory Remarks-
Precautions during a March-Sketching with-
out Instruments
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