Abstract
THIS book cannot be considered altogether satis-1 factory or as fulfilling the purpose the author proposes to himself. One gathers from the short preface that it is his intention to present a useful text-book of principles and methods for students, as well as a guide to the actual practice of surveyors and civil engineers in the various branches of surveying. This is a sufficiently ambitious programme, and for its successful accomplishment it demands, not only a practical training in the field, but some facility of mathematical manipulation, since there must be constant reference, not only to the methods and details of actual measurement required for various practical purposes, but to the theory of instruments, the application of the theory of errors, geodetic problems and the principles involved in hydro-graphic surveying.
Surveying, as Practised by Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Including the Setting-out of Works for Construction and Surveys Abroad, with Examples taken from Actual Practice.
By John Whitelaw jun. Pp. xiv + 516. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1902.)
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P., W. A Work on Surveying . Nature 67, v–vi (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/06700va0x
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