Manual of United States surveying. System of rectangular surveying employed in subdividing the public lands of the United States; also instructions for ... corners of the public lands. By J.H. Hawes
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781425519872
Subjects: American history; Mathematics and Science; Technology; History - U.S.; Science/Mathematics; USA; Surveying; United States - General; History / United States / General; History : United States - General; Technology / Surveying
First sentence: 1. TOWNSHIP.-The public lands of the United States are primarily surveyed into uniform rectangular tracts, six miles square, called Townships, bounded by lines conforming to the cardinal points, and containing, as nearly as may be, 23,040 acres.