Preliminary Survey and Estimates

xvi, 472pp; 12 plates; 133 figures. Brown cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, black titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, loss to spine heel; rubbed spine head, cloth torn. Corners rounded. Wear to boards. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Volume quite loose. Internally neat, clean and bright. A handbook of Topographical surveying intended for use in the Empire. Subjects covered include Route Surveying, Hydrography and Hydraulics, Geodetic Astronomy, Tacheometry, Chain Surveying, Instruments and an appendix on Light Railways for The Cape.