A TREATISE ON SURVEYING: COMPRISING THE THEORY AND PRACTICE

Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1893

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Quarto. Quarter-leather over dark-green textured cloth., with gilt lettering to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, with fraying to top and bottom of spine, and some loss of leather to spine. Title page torn along hinge, but still attached. Spine a bit loosey goosey, but book very useable. Stitch-bound volume, well used, Solidly bound. 522 pages of text, followed by Appendices, as follows: Appendix A: Synopsis of Plane Trigonometry (includes Triangles); Appendix B: Transversals (Includes Harmonic Division & The Comp[ete Quadrilateral) Appendices followed by Analytical Table of Contents (12 pp.). Sizeable section (127 pp.) consisting of "Tranverse Tables: or, Latitudes and Departures of Courses Calculated to Three Decimal Places: for Each Quarter Degree of Bearing". FOLD-OUT Isogonic Chart for 1885 (Reduced from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Report, 1882) Hand-drawn "Diagram of D.A. Frick's Fruit Orchard" and grid, to front pastedown, noting placement of Apples (Winesap, Delicious, King David); Champion Peach; Pears; and Raspberries. …

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Title
A TREATISE ON SURVEYING: COMPRISING THE THEORY AND PRACTICE
Author
Gillespie, William M. (Revised and Enlarged by Cady Staley)
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company, New York
Publication year
1893
Condition
Good Only
Binding
Hardcover
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