The Practice of Engineering Field Work: Applied to Land, Hydrographic, and Hydraulic Surveying and Levelling, for Railways, Canals, Harbours, Towns ... Etc; Including the Description and Use of S

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Whether it be proposed to construct such works as railways, or canals, docks, harbours, waterworks, roads, navigation or town improvements, large buildings, or any public or military works, a survey of the lands through or on which such works are to be constructed, is one of the first requirements, and this survey has to be laid down on paper according to certain adopted usage amongst engineers, and in conformity generally with some legal regulations of the country in which the survey is made, and which in England we term "Standing Orders;" it is also often required for large or small districts of land, either for public or private purposes. A good survey is a faithful representation on paper of any particular lands, either as to the whole or part; it is correct in length and breadth, and shows accurately the position of every fixture on the land, natural or artificial, as rivers, streams, roads, fences, buildings, &c. &c.

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