Surveying Vol. 1

This book, first published in 1967 and entering into its Seventeenth Edition is one of the three volumes on SURVEYING. This edition has been reset in two-colour format.All the figures have been redrawn using two-colours so as to help the students in understanding the same. This book offers 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 work. A good deal of space has been given to instrumental adjustments with thorough discussion of geometrical principles in each case. Many new advanced problems have also been added which will prove useful for competitive examinations.

1. Fundamentals Defintions and Concepts

2. Accuracy and Errors

3. Linear Measurements

4. Chain Surveying

5. The Compass

6. The Theodolite

7. Traverse Surveying

8. Omitted Measurement

9. Levelling

10. Contouring

11. Plane Table Surveying

12. Calculation of Area

13. Measurement of Volume

14. Minor Instruments

15. Trigonometrical Levelling

16. Permanent Adjustments of Levels

17. Precise Levelling

18. Permanent Adjustments of Theodolite

19. Precise Theodolites

20. Setting Out Works

21. Special Instruments

22. Tacheometric Surveying

23. Electronic Theodolites

24. Electro-Magnetic Distance Measurement (EDM)

Appendix

Index