Engineers' Surveying Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, and Use (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Ira O. Baker
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1332010997
ISBN-139781332010998
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Excerpt from Engineers' Surveying Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, and Use
This volume was prepared for the author's own students, and has been used in his classes for twelve years past, in the form of a blue-print manuscript textbook. Two series of extracts were published in two engineering journals and afterwards reprinted in book form. As one of these little books had the same title as this volume, the latter is gratuitously called a second edition.
The object of this volume is to acquaint the student with the construction, adjustment, and use of surveying instruments. In no degree is it intended for a treatise on surveying, since there is no lack of good books on the various branches of that subject. It has not, however, always been possible to draw a sharp line between instruction in the use of the instruments, and methods of surveying; but, as a rule, only such of the latter have been given as are common to all surveys made with the particular instrument under consideration. In a few cases, methods of surveying not given in the common text-books and manuals are briefly discussed.
The author began the preparation of this volume after becoming convinced, by his own observation as well as by that of others, that students, as well as many practicing engineers, would be benefited by a more thorough study of the instruments.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This volume was prepared for the author's own students, and has been used in his classes for twelve years past, in the form of a blue-print manuscript textbook. Two series of extracts were published in two engineering journals and afterwards reprinted in book form. As one of these little books had the same title as this volume, the latter is gratuitously called a second edition.
The object of this volume is to acquaint the student with the construction, adjustment, and use of surveying instruments. In no degree is it intended for a treatise on surveying, since there is no lack of good books on the various branches of that subject. It has not, however, always been possible to draw a sharp line between instruction in the use of the instruments, and methods of surveying; but, as a rule, only such of the latter have been given as are common to all surveys made with the particular instrument under consideration. In a few cases, methods of surveying not given in the common text-books and manuals are briefly discussed.
The author began the preparation of this volume after becoming convinced, by his own observation as well as by that of others, that students, as well as many practicing engineers, would be benefited by a more thorough study of the instruments.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
