This book is a comprehensive overview of the history of mine-surveying instruments. It covers the various types of instruments used throughout history, their evolution, and their impact on the mining industry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This comprehensive guide to the evolution of mines surveying instruments provides insight into the history and development of mining practices and their equipment. With original papers by Mr. Scott, readers will gain valuable knowledge of the tools and techniques used in mining throughout history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Evolution of Mine-Surveying Instruments: Comprising the Original Paper of Mr. Scott on the Subject, Together With the Discussion Thereof, and Independent Contributions on the Subject This volume contains by no means the Whole of the discus sion elicited by the original paper of Mr. Scott. Additional contributions, received too late for introduction here, Will be found in the Transactions of the Institute, to Which. The reader is referred. This circumstance is, however, less to be lamented than if it had been possible, by a little longer delay, to close the Whole discussion, leaving nothing to be corrected or added. But the subject is one of those Which Will never be exhausted and there would be greater cause for regret if the issue of this volume should be construed by practising mine-surveyors and the designers or makers of surveying-instruments as an intima tion that further statements of fact, argument or criticism would not be welcomed by the Council of the Institute. I trust that such a misunderstanding Will be effectively prevented by the appearance in Vol. XXXI. Of the Transactions of the interesting additional papers of Mr. H. D. Hoskold, to say nothing of minor contributions on the subject, none of Which have been included ln the present volume. 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.

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