| − | Nation. 83: 396. N. 8, ’06. 230w. |
“Usually, in such stories, there are lay figures, but Mr. Brebner has injected hot blood into them, and the result is a story, the stirring action and situations of which may cause Anthony Hope to tremble for his ‘Zenda’ laurels.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 719. N. 3, ’06. 200w. |
Breed, Charles Blaney, and Hosmer, George Leonard. Principles and practice of surveying. $3. Wiley.
6–39471.
“Not a treatise, but a text-book, and an elementary rather than a comprehensive text-book. They [the authors] deal with the simpler branches of the surveyor’s work in a clear and simple explanatory style. The subject is covered in four main divisions, headed, respectively: Instruments (use, adjustment and care); Surveying methods: Computations: Plotting: followed by a rather good collection of tables.”—Engin. N.
“Good manual of the simpler branches of surveying. Especially careful in pointing out possible sources of error.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 160. O. ’07. S. | |
| + + | Engin. N. 56: 528. N. 15, ’06. 400w. |
“The usual tables complete the volume, which is probably as satisfactory a text-book under present methods of technical school instruction in surveying as can be written.” H. N. Ogden.