...upon your paper the leveral points A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, if you draw lines from point to point, as from A to -B, from B to C, from C to D, &c. you fhall conftitute the figure ABCDEFG, which fhall be the exaft PUt of your Field O. And thus...

...all one, as -1 0 /> OLO or CAT — , , &c. Suppofe firft thefe gravities to be uniformly continued from A to B, from B to C, from C to D, &c. the decrements in the points B, C, D, &c. being taken by fteps. And thefe gravities drawn' into...

...marked down upon the paper by means of the scale. In this manner remove the plain-table successively from B to C, from C to D} from D to E, and from E to F, causing poles to be set up at the points to which you have yet to go, and leaving others at those...

...intersect the arc dS, as the lines beyond NS, take the distance ab in your compasses, and apply it from b to c, from c to d, from d to e, and from e to /, &c. and then draw the lines, Oc, Od, Oe, Of, &c. IV. The meridians and parallels of latitudes being...

...creek or river. Place stations at the principal points, as A, B, C, D and E. Take, with the compaes, the bearings from A to B, from B to C, from C to D,...and EA. At convenient points of the course AB, as a, c and /, make the offsets a6, cd, fg. Then, having measured these lines, as also the distances Aa,...

...to B, and then a fore-sight to a new station C. In the same manner the operation must be continued from C to D, from D to E, and from E to F; the number of intermediate stations necessary to be taken, depending on the irregularities in the...

...surveyed. Let us suppose it to be bounded on the west and north by a fence and road, and on the east and south . by a creek or river. Place stations at...and EA. At convenient points of the course AB, as a, c and /, make the offsets ab, cd, fg. Then, having measured these lines, as also the distances Aa,...

...surveyed. Let us suppose it to be bounded on the west and north by a fence and road, and on the east and south by a creek or river. Place stations at the...A ; and measure the distances AB, BC, CD, DE, and E.1. At convenient points of the course AB, as a, c and /, make the onsets ab, cd, fg. Then, having...

...be bounded, which we may suppose equal to the former, and to each other. The planet will then pass from a to b, from b to c, from c to d, and so on, in equal times or in a month. But, obviously, while the areas described by the radius vector...

...AG, and through the points c, d, e, and /, draw the lines AF, AE, AD, and AC. Apply the distance AB, from B to C, from C to D, from D to E, from E to F, and from P to G. Then draw the lines BC, CD, DE, EF, and FG, and ABCDEFG will be the required...