Davies' Surveying/Elements of Surveying and Leveling
by Van Amringe, J. Howard (Charles Davies)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: American Book Company, 1898. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Preface by Van Amringe dated September, 1883 at Columbia College, N.Y. Book divisions: BOOK I - Introductory Principles and Definitions, BOOK II - Chain Surveying, BOOK III - Compass Surveying, BOOK IV - Transit Surveying, BOOK V - Laying Out and Dividing Land, BOOK VI - Trigonometrical Surveying, BOOK VII - Levelling, BOOK VIII - Topographical Surveying, BOOK IX - Railway Curves, BOOK X - Mining Surveying. 374 pp. plus: Appendix A - The Solar Compass, Appendix B - The Sextant, Appendix C - Instructions to Deputy U.S. Mineral Surveyors + Sample Field Notes,(29 pp.), A Table of Logarithms of Numbers (161 pp.) plus 10pp. of textbook advertisements. Book has red title box on spine and gilt decorations, marbelled edges, top one sunned, interior foxing. Extremities bumped, scuffed and chipped, front hinge gauze only, fon front pastedown. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 133408.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003408
- Title
- Davies' Surveying/Elements of Surveying and Leveling
- Author
- Van Amringe, J. Howard (Charles Davies)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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