Second edition. Francois D. Uzes began his surveying career in Califiornia in 1954. As head of the Boundry Determination Unit, he was responsible for inventorying, surveying, mapping and determining the boundaries of four and a half million acres of state-owned land. He was also a collector of old surveying books and maps. Contains appendices and an index, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Minor rubbing and soiling at extremities of dust jacket, with small tears and creases at the head. xviii , 315 pages. quarter paper-covered boards, cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

Chaining the Land

Uzes, Francois D.

Landmark Enterprises

<p>This guide includes descriptions and illustrations of numerous early American instruments used in surveying, with values assigned according to various periods of manufacture. Special attachments for mining and solar observations are also treated. In addition, a price guide for over 200 surveying texts, manuals, and manufacturer's catalogs, for the years 1616 to 1925, is included. Supplementing this is a bibliography of all known surveying books published in America up to 1850.<br />
 Contents: Part One, Instruments: Introduction, Sales, metals, inverted images, restoration, condition, tripods; Transits ; Levels; Burt's Solar Compasses; Magnetic Compasses ;Plane Tables ;Targets; Chains and Tapes; Tripods;Leveling Rods ;Plumb Bobs <br />
Part Two - Books:Introduction; Manufacturer's Catalogs; Priced Books; Non-Priced Listing of pre-1850 Treatises.</p>

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Chaining the Land

Illustrated Price Guide to Antique Surveying Instruments and Books