This volume is one of the two which offer a comprehensive course in those parts
of theory and practice of Plane and Geodetic surveying that are most commonly
used by Civil Engineers. The first volume covers in 24 chapters, the most common
surveying operations. Each topic introduced is thoroughly described, the theory
is rigorously developed, and a large number of numerical examples are included
to illustrate its application. General statements of important principles and
methods are almost invariably given by practical illustration. Apart from
illustrations of old and conventional instruments, emphasis has been placed on
new or modern instruments, both for ordinary as well as precise