Surveying and Levelling Instruments, Theoretically and Practically Described. / For construction, qualities, selection, preservation, adjustments, and uses; with other apparatus and appliances used by civil engineers and surveyors in the field.

by William Ford Stanley

Tacheometer Survey Book, ruled as above illustration.

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Traverse Survey Book, ruled as above illustration.

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303.—The Ink Bottle mostly used is that known as the excise bottle. This is of a smooth, oval form, covered with black leather, with a tab and buttonhole to hang upon a button of the coat, Fig. 116. One of the numerous fountain pens is now generally used instead of the bottle described.

Fig. 116.—Excise ink bottle.

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