Plane and Geodetic Surveying: for Engineers

Abstract

THIS work is already well known as a standard book on the subject of geodetic surveying; and the new edition should go far to uphold the reputation of the old. The diagrams and photographs are clearly re produced, and the subject matter is set out in a readable manner. The problems set at the end of each section are extremely useful, and possess the advantage of having the answers appended to them. It would perhaps have been preferable to use letters on the illustrations of such instruments as the theo dolite in order to show the constituent parts more clearly; no description of the application of aerial photography to modern surveying is included, and the section dealing with map projections seems to be somewhat condensed. The difficult question of the rapid adjustment of errors in triangulation surveys is admirably dealt with, especially by the method of conditioned quantities.