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Excerpt from Tables for Earthwork Computation
It will be observed that in the calculations indicated above, pairs of triangles are used whenever two adjacent triangles have as a base a common height, as h, in 2, c in 3, km in 4, etc. It should be noticed that the calculation of Irregular Sections is very laborious in rough country. This application of the tables will result in great saving of time and should be thoroughly understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
