Surveying
by Breed, Charles B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very light crease to middle of front cover. Extremely mild soiling to front cover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine. Previous own
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Very light crease to middle of front cover. Extremely mild soiling to front cover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine. Previous owners bookplate to front free end paper. Pencil markings to inside of front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good(+).. Hardcover green octavo with gilt title to spine and front cover (stiff cloth covered paper boards). xv, 495 pages : b/w illustrations, tables, diagrams ; 19 cm. by Charles B. Breed, Professor of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. || Contents: Surveys and their purposes; Sources of surveying information -- Measurement of distances -- Measurement of direction; The magnetic compass -- Measurement of angles; Use of the transit -- The engineer's level and its use -- Traverses and land surveys -- Calculation of closed traverses and land areas -- The United States system of surveying public lands -- Contours -- Stadia surveying with transit and plane table -- Aerial surveying -- Lines and grades -- Cross-sections; volumes -- Miscellaneous surveying problems -- Plotting and finishing maps -- Tables || Surveying -- Public lands -- United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89711
- Title
- Surveying
- Author
- Breed, Charles B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very light crease to middle of front cover. Extremely mild soiling to front cover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine. Previous own
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.