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The use of the semicircle in taking of heights, depths, and distances, and in…

by William Leybourn · 1626–1716

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The use of the semicircle in taking of heights, depths, and distances, and in surveying of land ...

The compleat surveyor containing the whole art of surveying of land by the…

1653

London Printed by W.G. for Walter Hayes ... [1680?]

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Front matter
Title page
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TextA DESCRIPTION OF THE SEMICIRCLE.
PartTHE USE of the SEMICIRCLE In taking Of HEIGHTS, DEPTHS and DISTANCES.
Proposition 1PROP. I. How to take the Height of any Tree, Tower, Steeple, or other Object which standeth upright, and…
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Proposition 2PROP. II. How to take the Height of an Object which is not accessible at two Stations, by help of the…
1 subsection
Proposition 3PROP. III. A Fort or Castle being besieged, how the Besiegers shall know of what length to make…

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Proposition 4PROP. IV. Standing upon a Wall or Tower of a known height, to find how far any Ship, Tree, &c. is from you.
Proposition 5PROP. V. How to take an inaccessible Distance at two Stations by the Semicircle.
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Proposition 6PROP. VI. How to Measure the Distance of several Places from you, as also of one from another, by measuring…
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PartTHE USE of the SEMICIRCLE IN Measuring of LAND.
Proposition 1PROP. I. To take the Plat of a Field by placing the Semicircle in any part thereof, from whence all the…
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Proposition 2PROP. II. How to lay down the Plat of the former Field upon Velem or Paper, by help of the former…
Proposition 3PROP. III. How to take the Plat of a Field or other piece of Ground, by placing the Semicircle in some one…
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Proposition 4PROP. IV. By the former Observations of Lines and Angles, to draw the Plat or Figure of the Field upon…

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Proposition 5PROP. V. How you may by the Semicircle, take the true Plat of any large piece of Ground, as Park, Wood,…

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Proposition 6PROP. VI. How to draw a true Plat of the Field before measured, by help of the Table of Sides and Angles.

Proposition 7PROP. VII. The Plat of a Field being laid upon paper, and the Scale by which it was laid down known, to…

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