Comprehensive treatise on land surveying

acres 2 roods arable land bearing was taken bisect the arch black lead pencil boundary breadth centre chain touches circle column compass box corner cross staff decimals describe an arch diagonal divided division dotted line draw a line draw the bearing draw the line enclosure equal extend eye-sketch feet fence field-book figure finishes fore sight gonal hedge inch Indian ink insert laid lay the index limb line A B mark measure the distance measuring that line method move it parallel multiplied needle offset was taken opposite parallel ruler perches perpendicular plain table plant the instrument Plate XXVII plotting pole placed prick protracted protractor put one foot rhombus river river Frome road scale of acres set the index sextant shews side square links station suppose survey surveyor take a back take a bearing thence theodolite trapezium triangle turn the telescope whole distance Wide