A Treatise on Engineering Field-Work 2 Volume Set : Comprising the Practice of Surveying, Levelling, Laying Out Works, and Other Field Operations Connected with Engineering Mixed media product
by Peter Bruff
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In the 1840s, the civil engineer Peter Bruff (1812-1900) designed what was then the largest brick structure in Britain, the 1,000-foot-long Chappel Viaduct in Essex.
He went on to become a railway entrepreneur and developer, and was responsible for the creation of the resort town Clacton-on-Sea, where he also designed many of the buildings.
In this illustrated guide, first published in 1838 and here reissued in the revised and expanded two-volume second edition of 1840-2, he discusses the theory and practice of surveying (calculating the accurate position of points in the landscape) and levelling (calculating the accurate height of points).
Volume 1 covers surveying by measuring chain and by the taking of angular measurements, and gives example surveys for land boundaries, parishes and railway lines.
Volume 2 is devoted to levelling, examining the instruments and methods to be used to calculate 'sections', or elevation profiles.
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- Pages:340 pages, 7 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps; 50 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/08/2014
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- ISBN:9781108071550
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:340 pages, 7 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps; 50 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/08/2014
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- ISBN:9781108071550
