Notebook: Roger B. Farquhar, 1852-1853

September 2nd 2nd given thebearing and distances of the sides of a tract of land as follows; 1st N15 degrees E 13.70 ch;2nd N 20 1/2 degrees E 10.30 ch 3rd East 16.20 ch; 4th S 33 1/2 W 35:30 ch; 5th S. 76 W. 16 ch; 6th North 9 ch; 7th S. 84 W. 11.60 ch; 8th N 53 1/4 W. 11.60 ch; 9th N 36 3/4 E. 15.36 ch; 10th N 22 1/2 E. 14 ch; 11th S 76 3/4 E 12 ch; 12th S 15 W 10.85 ch; 13th S 18 W. 10.62 ch;to the place of beginning. Required the corrected latitudes and departures.

Supplying Omissions. Problem 1st

Example 2nd. Given the bearing and sitances of the sides of a tracts of land as follows; 1st N 15 3/4 W 9.40 ch 2nd N63 3/4 E 10.43 ch; 3rd S 45 E 8.12 ch 4th S 15 1/2 E 8.45 ch 5th S 16 3/4 E 6.44 h; 6th Unknown; 7th N 60 W 9.72 ch 8th N 17 1/4 E 7.65 ch; required the bearing and distances of the 6th side. Ans S 60.08 W. 12.27 ch.

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Example 3rd

Example 3. One side of a tract of land of which a survey is to be taken passes through a pond. Two stations are therefore taken on one side of the pond as represented in Fig. 80. The bearings and distances from the first and end of the side to the first station from that to the second and hence to the others end of the side are 1st S 52 degrees W 10.70 ch; 2nd S 7 1/2 W 13.92 ch; and 3rd S 34 1/4 E 9 ch; Required the bearing and sitacne of the side. Ans S 10.33 W 28.31 ch.