| A Treatise on Engineering Field-Work 2 Volume Set: Comprising the Practice of Surveying, Levelling, Laying Out Works, and Other Field Operations Conne Contributor(s): Bruff, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108071554 ISBN-13: 9781108071550 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 526.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |