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Excerpt from Mathematical Instruments, Vol. 3: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing, and Use; Surveying and Astronomical Instruments; Including, I. Instruments Used for Determining the Geometrical Features of a Portion of Ground; II. Instruments Employed in Astronomical Observations The Author 18 again bound to mention his obligations to Messrs. Elliott, who have kindly supplied several of the woodcuts that illustrate the volume, and to Messrs. Parkes and Son of Birmingham, who sent him a large number of instruments for inspection, among which were the Drawing and Mining Levels, described at pp. 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.