 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1837 - 284 pàgines
...convenient than the common surveying chain, and an offset staff of 10 feet long will be very useful. Begin at the meeting of two or more of the principal...through which you can have the longest prospects, to get the longest station lines. There having fixed the instruments, draw lines of direction along... | |
 | John Gregory - 1842 - 328 pàgines
...or city may be surveyed with sufficient accuracy without ascending to the tops of the building. You begin at the meeting of two or more of the principal...through which you can have the longest prospects, in order to obtain the longest station lines. There having fixed the instrument, and taken the directions... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1855 - 436 pàgines
...is to run out these old boundary lines. In such cases, his first business is to find CHAP. III.] 155 monuments, stones, marked trees, stumps, or any other...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bendings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c.... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1856 - 478 pàgines
...small value of land at the period of these surveys, and the want of skill in the surveyors. The effect at the present day is frequent dissatisfaction and...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bendings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c.... | |
 | W. M. Gillespie - 1859 - 540 pàgines
...surveyor must be reminded that these bearings are very far from being the same now as originally, having _ been changing every year. The method of determining...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bondings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1860 - 1020 pàgines
...of fifty feet long, divided into fifty links of one foot each, and an offset staff of ten feet long. Begin at the meeting of two or more of the principal...through which you can have the longest prospects, to get the longest station lines : there having fixed the instrument, draw lines of direction along... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1868 - 530 pàgines
...given in the deed. When the bounds are given by compass-bearings, the surveyor must be reminded thai: these bearings are very far from being the same now...these lines with the chain, taking offsets to all the comers of streets, lanes, bondings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets,... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1869 - 550 pàgines
...making the proper allowance, will be found in Chapter VIII, of this Part. (261) Town Siirvryiuft'. Begin at the meeting of two or more of the principal...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bendings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c.... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1870 - 552 pàgines
...will be found in Chapter VIII, of this Part. (261) Town Surveying. Begin at the meeting of two or moro of the principal streets, through which you can have...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bendings, or windings ; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c.... | |
 | 1878 - 534 pàgines
...will be found in Chapter VIII, of this Part. (261) Town Surveying. Begin at the meeting of two or moro of the principal streets, through which you can have...taking offsets to all the corners of streets, lanes, bendings, or windings; and to all remarkable objects, as churches, markets, public buildings, &c. Then... | |
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When the bounds are given by compass-bearings, the surveyor must be reminded that these bearings are very far from being the same now as originally, having been changing every year. The method of determining this important change, and of making the proper... 
