[12] Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, by Prof. Everett, p. 1018, 1876.
[13] A Manual of Surveying for India, by Colonel H. L. Thuillier, C.S.I., F.R.S., etc., and Lieutenant-Colonel R. Smith. Thacker, Calcutta, 1875. (Now out of print).
[14] The illustration is taken from Die geometrischen Instrumente, Dr. G. Chr. K. Hunäus. Hanover, 1864.
[15] Digges's Pantometria, see p. 2.
[16] Gardiner's Practical Surveying, p. 59, 1737.
[17] Adam's Geometrical Essays, pp. 217–229, 1803.
[18] Civil Engineers' Pocket-Book, by J. C. Trautwine, C.E.
[19] Plate xiv., fig. 5. Geometrical Essays, Geo. Adams, 1803.
[20] Proc. Min. Inst., Cornwall, 1883, vol. i. p. 317.
[21] Patent No. 1592, April 1878.