Treatise on Engineering Field-Work - Comprising Practice of Surveying, Levelling, Laying Out Works, Other

Written by a practising civil engineer, this two-volume guide to surveying and levelling appeared in revised form in 1840-2.

List of contents

1. Theory of levelling, gravity and the plumb-line; 2. Levelling; 3. Directions for taking trial sections; 4. Ascending and descending levels; 5. Levelling for cross sections with the plotting on plan and main section; 6. Advice on levelling instruments; Tables of curvature and refraction; Tables of slopes and inclines.

Summary

In the 1840s the engineer Peter Bruff (1812–1900) designed the 1,000-foot-long Chappel Viaduct, then the largest brick structure in Britain. In this illustrated guide, first published in 1838 and here reissued in the revised second edition of 1840–2, he describes methods for taking accurate ground surveys.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bruff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108071543
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07154-3
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous