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Definition of Northings
1. northing [n] - See also: northing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northings
Literary usage of Northings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"... these calculations are to be entered in a book, in four columns — for northings,
... computed by adding all the successive northings and subtracting the ..."
2. Mathematical Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing, and Use by John Fry Heather (1891)
"... is the only trustworthy method, and should always be resorted to when the
sides of the triangles exceed two feet in length. The method of northings, ..."
3. A Treatise on Isometrical Drawing as Applicable to Geological and Mining by Thomas Sopwith (1834)
"The bearings and distances, and the results, are here arranged in the following
traverse table in columns under bearings, distances, northings, &e., ..."
4. The Practice of Engineering Field Work, Applied to Land, Hydrographic, and by W. Davis Haskoll (1858)
"Setting aside, the plotting of a traverse in the above manner, considerable
advantage may be derived from the calculation of northings and ..."
5. A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: With a Treatise on Surveying; in by Abel Flint, George Gillet (1835)
"If the survey has been accurately taken, the sum of the northings will equal ...
In EXAMPLE I. the upper numbers are the northings, &c. as found by a table ..."
6. A System of Geometry and Trigonometry, with a Treatise on Surveying, in by Abel Flint (1839)
"In EXAMPLE I., the upper numbers are the northings, &c., as found by a table of
difference of latitude and departure. The several columns being added, ..."
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