Excerpt from Surveying Manual: A Manual of Field and Office Methods for the Use of Students in Surveying The several series of practice problems at the conclusion of the respective chapters are arranged so as to give the student familiarity with the use of the instrument before taking up its theory and adjustments, this order being more effective than the reverse. The interest of the stu dent may be stimulated and his gain in skill promoted by giving him practice with level and transit very early in the course, after which the scope of the work may be much more flexible both for student and instructor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.