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TABLE II. - Radii, Ordinates and Deflection. Chord= 100 ft. <br />beg. <br />I'.adius ' <br />Mid. <br />Ord. <br />Tan. <br />Dist. <br />Def. <br />I Dista <br />1. f rcf- <br />1 FI <br />Deo.. <br />Radius <br />lfid. <br />Ord. <br />Tan. <br />List, <br />Dcf. <br />Dist. <br />fcr <br />1 rt. <br />^' 17' <br />t. <br />ft. <br />ft. <br />ft. <br />I <br />I° 59' <br />it. <br />ft. <br />it. <br />ft. <br />34' <br />36' <br />2'10' <br />34377: <br />.036 <br />.145 <br />.291 <br />0.05, <br />7' <br />819.0 <br />1.525 <br />6.105 <br />12.21"2:10 <br />4' 40' <br />20 <br />17189. <br />.073 <br />.291 <br />...-582 <br />0.10 <br />20' <br />781.8 <br />1.600 <br />6.395 <br />12.79 <br />2.20 <br />"so <br />11-159. <br />.109 <br />.43G <br />. :573 <br />0.15 <br />30 <br />764.5 <br />1.637 <br />6.540 <br />13.08 <br />2.25 <br />40 <br />8591.4 <br />.145 <br />.582 <br />1.IGI <br />0.20 <br />40 <br />7.17.9 <br />1.673 <br />6.GS5 <br />13.37 <br />2.30 <br />50 <br />6875.'5 <br />.152 <br />.727 <br />1.454 <br />0.2.5)8 <br />. <br />103.24 <br />716.8 <br />1.746 <br />6.976 <br />13.95 <br />2.40 <br />11' <br />5729.6 <br />.213 <br />-.873 <br />, 1.74.5 <br />0.30 <br />20 <br />638.2 <br />1:819 <br />7.266 <br />14.53 <br />2.50 <br />10 <br />4911.2 <br />,255 <br />1.018 <br />2.030 <br />0.35 <br />30 <br />674.^r <br />1.855 <br />7.411 <br />14.82 <br />2.55 <br />20 <br />4297.3 <br />.291 <br />1.1&1 <br />2.327 <br />2.40 <br />10 <br />661.7 <br />1.S92 <br />7.556 <br />15.11 <br />2.60 <br />•30 <br />3819.5 <br />.327 <br />1.309 <br />2.018 <br />0.43 <br />9 <br />637:3 <br />1.965 <br />7.846'15.69 <br />2.70 <br />.x.40 <br />3437.9 <br />'.364 <br />1.454 <br />- 2.909 <br />0.50 <br />20 <br />G14.G,2.037. <br />8.136 <br />16.27 <br />2.80 <br />X50 <br />3125.4 <br />.400 <br />1.600 <br />3.200 <br />0.55' <br />30 <br />003.8 <br />2.074 <br />8.251 <br />16.56 <br />2.85 <br />2. <br />2864.9 <br />.436 <br />1.745 <br />3.490 <br />0'.60. <br />40 <br />593.4 <br />2.110. <br />8.426 <br />16.85 <br />2.90 <br />10 <br />2644.6.473 <br />1.891 <br />3.781 <br />0.65 <br />10 <br />573.7 <br />2.183 <br />.8.716 <br />17.43 <br />3.00 <br />20 <br />2455.7 <br />.509 <br />2.036 <br />4.072 <br />0.70 <br />;30 <br />546.4 <br />2.292 <br />9.150 <br />18.30 <br />:3.15 <br />30 <br />7392.0 <br />.545 <br />2.181: <br />4.303 <br />0.75 <br />11 , <br />521.7 <br />2.403 <br />9.585'19.16 <br />3.30 <br />40 <br />2148.8 <br />.582 <br />2.327 <br />4.654 <br />0:80 <br />30 <br />399.1 <br />2:511 <br />10.02 <br />20.0.1 <br />3.45 <br />50 <br />2022.4 <br />.618 <br />2.472 <br />4.945 <br />0.85 <br />12 <br />478.3 <br />2.G20 <br />10.45 <br />20.91 <br />3.60 <br />S1910.1 <br />•.655 <br />2.615 <br />5.235 <br />0.90 <br />.30 <br />459.3 <br />2.730 <br />10.59 <br />21.77 <br />3.73 <br />l0 <br />1509.6 <br />.601 <br />2.763 <br />5.526 <br />0.95 <br />'13 <br />441.7 <br />2.839 <br />11.32 <br />22.61 <br />3.90 <br />20 <br />1719.1 <br />.727 <br />2.903 <br />5.817.1.00 <br />30 <br />425.4 <br />2.949 <br />11.75 <br />23.51 <br />4.05 <br />30 <br />1637.3 <br />.764 <br />3.054 <br />, 6.105 <br />1.05 <br />14 <br />410.3 <br />3.055 <br />12.15 <br />24.3T4.20 <br />40 <br />.1562.9 <br />.800 <br />3.199 <br />6.398 <br />1.10 <br />30 <br />396.2 <br />3.163 <br />12.62 <br />25.24 <br />4.35 <br />50 <br />1495.0 <br />.83G <br />3.345 <br />G.GS9 <br />1.15 <br />15 ' <br />353.1 <br />3.277 <br />13.05 <br />26.11 <br />4.50 <br />4 <br />1433.7 <br />.873 <br />3.490 <br />6.950 <br />1.20 <br />30 <br />370.5 <br />3.357 <br />13.49 <br />26.97 <br />4.65 <br />10 <br />1375.4 <br />.009 <br />3.635 <br />7.271 <br />1.2.5 <br />10 <br />359.3 <br />3.496 <br />13.92 <br />27.84 <br />4.80 <br />20 <br />1322.5 <br />'.945 <br />3.713 <br />7.561 <br />1'.30 <br />'30 <br />345.5 <br />3.606 <br />14.35 <br />28.70 <br />4.95 <br />30 <br />1273.6 <br />.952 <br />3.9226 <br />7.852 <br />1.35 <br />17 <br />338.3 <br />3.716 <br />14.78 <br />29.56 <br />5.10 <br />40 <br />1225.1 <br />1.018 <br />4.071 <br />8.143 <br />1.40 <br />18 <br />319.G <br />3.935 <br />15.64 <br />31.29 <br />5.40 <br />50 <br />1185.8 <br />1.055 <br />4.217 <br />8.433 <br />1.45 <br />19 <br />302.9 <br />4:155 <br />16.51 <br />33.01 <br />5.70 <br />5 <br />1146.3 <br />1.091 <br />4.362 <br />8.724 <br />1.50 <br />20 <br />257.9 <br />4.374 <br />17.37 <br />34.73 <br />6.00 <br />10 <br />:.1109.3 <br />1.127 <br />4.507 <br />9.014 <br />1.55 <br />21 <br />274.4 <br />4.594 <br />18.22 <br />36.44 <br />6.30 <br />2U <br />1074.7 <br />1.164 <br />4.65 3 <br />9.305 <br />1:60 <br />22 <br />262.0 <br />4.814 <br />19.08 <br />38.16 <br />fi:60 <br />-30 <br />1042.1 <br />1.200 <br />4.798 <br />9.596 <br />1.65 <br />23 <br />250.8 <br />5.035 <br />19.94 <br />39.87 <br />6:90 <br />.40 <br />1011.5.1.237 <br />4.943 <br />9.8336 <br />1.70 <br />24 <br />240.5 <br />5.255 <br />20.79 <br />41.53 <br />7.20 <br />50 <br />982.6 <br />1:273 <br />5.088 <br />10.18. <br />1.75 <br />25 <br />231.0 <br />5.476 <br />21.64 <br />43.2S <br />7.50 <br />is . <br />955.4 <br />1.309 <br />5.234 <br />10.47 <br />1.80_ <br />26 <br />222.3 <br />5.697 <br />22.50 <br />44.99 <br />7.SO <br />10 <br />929.6 <br />1.346 <br />5.379 <br />10.76 <br />1.85 <br />,'.7 <br />214.2 <br />5.918 <br />23.35 <br />46.69 <br />5.10 <br />20 <br />905.1 <br />1.352 <br />5.524 <br />11.05 <br />1.90 <br />2S <br />206.7 <br />6.139 <br />24.19 <br />48.38 <br />3.40 <br />30 <br />831.0 <br />1.418 <br />5.G69 <br />11.34 <br />1.95 <br />29 <br />199.7. <br />6.360 <br />25.04 <br />50.07 <br />5.70 <br />40 <br />559.9 <br />1.455 <br />5.814 <br />11.63 <br />2.00 <br />30 <br />193.2 <br />6.583 <br />25.83 <br />51.76 <br />9.00 <br />The middle ordinate in inches for any card of length (C) is egnal to .0012 C'' <br />mnitiplied by the middle ordinato taken from the above table. Thus, if it <br />desired to bend a 30 ft. rail to fit a 10 degrea curve, its middle ordinate'shonld <br />M .0012X90OX2.183 or 2.36 ilaellcs. <br />TABLE III. Deflections for Sub Chords for Short Radius Curves. <br />Degree <br />of . <br />Curve <br />Radius <br />50 <br />A sub chord = sin of ' def. angle <br />P. a <br />1 ength <br />of arc <br />for 100 ft. <br />sin. It def. an.-. <br />12.5 Ft. <br />15 Ft. <br />20 Ft. <br />25 Ft. <br />.30' <br />193.13 <br />I' 51' <br />^' 17' <br />3° 58'3' <br />43' <br />.101.15 <br />32° <br />181.39 <br />I° 59' <br />25' <br />' <br />3' Io' <br />3' 58' <br />1:01.33 <br />34' <br />36' <br />171.01 <br />161.80 <br />2' 06' <br />2' 13 <br />33' <br />3' 41' <br />3' 21' <br />3' 33' <br />4' 12' <br />,' 26' <br />I01.48 <br />Ioi.66 <br />238' <br />1J3.58 <br />2° 20 <br />? 49' <br />3' 44' <br />4' 40' <br />101.85 <br />40' <br />146. f9 <br />^° 27 <br />2'57' <br />3' 55' <br />4' .94" <br />IO2.o6 <br />42 <br />139:52 <br />2°34' <br />3°05' <br />4°07' <br />5'08 <br />102.29 <br />44' <br />133.47 <br />3-' 41` <br />3° 13' <br />4° IS <br />S° 22' <br />-102.53 <br />46' <br />127-97 <br />20 486 <br />3' 21' <br />4° 29, <br />5' 36' <br />102 76 <br />4S° <br />122.0-2 <br />2' 55� <br />3' 29' <br />4' 40' <br />5o 50' <br />iog.Oo <br />50°118-31 <br />118.31 <br />3° 02' <br />3° 38' <br />1' 51' <br />6' 04' <br />. <br />103.24 <br />52° <br />114. c <br />I <br />3° 09' <br />3° r,6' <br />S° C2' <br />6° 17' <br />103.51. <br />54' <br />110.1.'l <br />3° 16' <br />3' S4' <br />:;° 13' <br />6° 31' - <br />163.84 <br />56° <br />io6. 5O <br />3° 22' <br />4° 02' <br />5' 23' <br />6' 4T' <br />104-14 <br />580 <br />IO3. 1 <br />30 29' <br />40 10'. <br />50 34� <br />60 57' <br />104.43 <br />60 <br />100.00' <br />3 05 <br />4 18 <br />5044 <br />7 11, <br />104-72 <br />CURVE FORMULAS . <br />T =.R tan � I R = T cot. 1 I chorda <br />_ 5o.tan I I Chord def. = <br />R <br />R <br />T Sin. I D 50 <br />Sin. s •D - •io - Sin. D No. chords <br />= I <br />R E= R ex. sec I. <br />5o tan z I r <br />1 <br />t - <br />Sin. � D - .1 E ='1' tan � I Tan. def. = z chord def. <br />The square of any distance, divided by twice the radius, will equal <br />elle clistance frons tangent to curve, very nearly. <br />To find angle for a.given distance and deflection. <br />Rule I. Multiply the given distance by .01745 (clef. for I° for l ft7 <br />see Table II.), and divide given deflection by the product. <br />Rule 2.-' Multiply given deflection by 57.3, and dividetheproduct-by <br />the given distance. <br />To find deflection for a given angle and distance. -Multiply the -angle <br />by .0.1745, and the product by the distance. <br />GENERAL DATA <br />RIGHT ANGLE TRIANGLES. Square- the altitude, divide by twice the <br />base. Add quotient to base for hypotenuse. <br />Given Base loo, Alt. 1O.1O2_200=.5, ioo+.5=100.5 hyp. <br />Given Hyp. 7oo,Alt. 25.252-200=3.125.I0O-3:125=96.875=Base. <br />Error in first example; .002; in last, -.o45. <br />To find Tons of Rail in one mile of track: multiply weight per yard <br />by I I, and divide by 7. <br />LEVELING. The correction for curvature and refraction,. in .feet <br />and decimals of feet is equal.to 0.574d2, -where d is the distance in miles. <br />The'correction for curvature alone is closely, Jda. The combined cor- <br />rection is negative. <br />PROBABLE ERROR. If dl, d., da, etc. are the discrepancies of.various <br />results from the mean, and if Xd2=the sum of the squares of these differ- <br />ences and n=the number of observations, then the probable error of the <br />mean= 0.6745 Ida <br />n (n-1) <br />SOLAR EPHEMERIS. Attention is called to the Solar Ephemeris for <br />the current year, published by Keuffel cC Esser Co., and furnished free of <br />charge upon request, which is 34x5) in., with about 90 pages of data very <br />Useful to the Surveyor; such as the adjustments of transits, levels and <br />solar attachments; directions and tables for determining the meridian <br />and the latitude from observations on the sun and Polaris; stadia meas- <br />urements; magnetic declination; arithmetic constants; English and Metric <br />conversions; trigonometric formulas; Natural andLogarithmic Functions; <br />and Logarithms of Numbers. <br />TABLE IV. - Minutes in Decimals of a Degree. <br />1' .0167 11' .1833 21' .3500 311, .5167 41' .6833 by .8500 <br />2 .0333 12 ,2000 22 .3667 32 .5333 4v .7000 52 .8667 <br />8 .0500 13 .2167 23 .3833 33 .5500 43' .7167 53 .5833 <br />4 .0667 14 ,2333 '24 .4000 34 .5667 44 .7333 64 .9000' <br />b .0533 16 ,2500 25 .4167 35, .8833 45 <br />TABLE V. - <br />inches in Decimals of a Foot. <br />• ' 1-16 <br />1 2 <br />?/g <br />3-lri <br />/} <br />:i -]G <br />i3 <br />ig <br />1. <br />.0052 <br />.0078 <br />.Ola, <br />.01.56 <br />.0208 <br />.036D <br />J6 <br />.6313 <br />.0117 .0521 <br />.0625 <br />_07!a- <br />0721• <br />1 , <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />7 <br />8 9 <br />10, <br />11 <br />.0833 <br />.1667 <br />.2500 <br />.3333 <br />.4167 <br />.5000 <br />.5833 <br />.fi567 .7500 ,.8333 <br />.9167 <br />.7500 <br />55 <br />.9167 <br />6 <br />:1000 <br />16 <br />.2667 <br />26 <br />4333 <br />36 <br />.6000 <br />4G <br />.7G67 <br />56 <br />.0333 <br />7 <br />.1167 <br />11 <br />.2833 <br />27 <br />.4500 <br />37 <br />.6167 <br />47 <br />.7533 <br />57 <br />.9500 <br />8 <br />.1333 <br />18 <br />.3000 <br />28 <br />.4667 <br />38 <br />.6333 <br />48 <br />.8000 <br />58 <br />.9667 <br />9 <br />.1500 <br />19.3167 <br />29 <br />4533 <br />39 <br />.0500 <br />49 <br />.8167 <br />b0 <br />.9333 <br />10 <br />.16167 <br />20 <br />,3333 <br />g0 <br />.5000 <br />40 <br />rGG7 <br />50 <br />.8333 <br />60 <br />1.0000 <br />TABLE V. - <br />inches in Decimals of a Foot. <br />• ' 1-16 <br />1 2 <br />?/g <br />3-lri <br />/} <br />:i -]G <br />i3 <br />ig <br />1. <br />.0052 <br />.0078 <br />.Ola, <br />.01.56 <br />.0208 <br />.036D <br />J6 <br />.6313 <br />.0117 .0521 <br />.0625 <br />_07!a- <br />0721• <br />1 , <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />7 <br />8 9 <br />10, <br />11 <br />.0833 <br />.1667 <br />.2500 <br />.3333 <br />.4167 <br />.5000 <br />.5833 <br />.fi567 .7500 ,.8333 <br />.9167 <br />