Historical information

This selection of Precis was produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, School of Military Survey, Balcombe, circa 1960s. The Precis are intended to instruct RASvy Surveyors employed on Engineer/ Field Survey Tasks on the calculations necessary for Surveying formula. The blue hard covered foolscap sized booklet held together with two Chicago screws contains 7 x precis listed below.
.1 Setting out simple Curves
.2 Earthworks
.3 Calculation of area by double Latitude
.4 Notes on Station Adjustment by Least Squares
.5 Notes on Figure Adjustment by Least Squares
.6 Technical Memo No1, Computation of Tellurometer Traverses using Plain Angles and Plain Distances by WO2 R Wilson RASvy (later Major)
.7 Computing Traverses in Plane Coordinates

Physical description

Blue Hard covered foolscap sized booklet held together with two Chicago screws. Booklet contains 7 x precis.
.1 Setting out simple Curves
.2 Earthworks
.3 Calculation of area by double Latitude
.4 Notes on Station Adjustment by Least Squares
.5 Notes on Figure Adjustment by Least Squares
.6 Technical Memo No1, Computation of Tellurometer Traverses using Plain Angles and Plain Distances by WO2 R Wilson (later Major)
.7 Computing Traverses in Plane Coordinates