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THIS book is a revised and greatly enlarged edition of the author‘s "Surveying for Schools", originally published in 1930. It is designed to give practical assistance to the young and inexperienced surveyor. The author has thus wisely widened the scope of his earlier volume in order to provide a more complete exposition of the subject, while still concentrating upon the practical point of view in dealing with the field and office work. The text consists of twenty-eight chapters devoted to the practical methods employed in making surveys, an explanation of the necessary instruments, and the preparation of relevant plans. Some good advice is given on the important work of checking, and the book is excellently illustrated by drawings, maps and plates depicting some of the instruments to be used. No instrument, however, is described until its practical use has been fully explained. A useful index is included; but no exercises are provided since the course is intended mainly for practical field work. Formal mathematical treatment has also been avoided—the only form of calculation needed being simple arithmetic.
Surveying for Young Engineers
By S. Wright Perrott. Pp. viii + 232. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1946.) 10s. 6d. net.
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Surveying for Young Engineers. Nature 161, 79 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161079a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161079a0