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XXIII.—An Investigation into the Effects of Errors in Surveying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Henry Briggs
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The paper discusses the effects of errors in linear and angular measurements on the accuracy of surveys, and is divided into six sections, thus:—

Section I. The Sum of Vector Errors.

Section II. The Average Error due to Imperfect Centring.

Section III. The Relative Effects of Errors in Centring and those of Sighting and Reading.

Section IV. The Propagation of Errors in Traversing.

Section V. The Propagation of Errors in Minor Triangulation.

Section VI. A Summary of Results.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 31 , 1912 , pp. 374
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1912

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