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Definition of Southings
1. southing [n] - See also: southing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southings
Literary usage of Southings
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 (1907)
"The results of these calculations are to be entered in a book, in four columns —
for northings, southings, eastings, and westings respectively. ..."
2. A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying by Abel Flint (1825)
"When the work is thus far prepared, multiply tho several numbers in the second
Departure column by the northings or southings standing against them ..."
3. Mathematical Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing, and Use by John Fry Heather (1891)
"The method of northings, southings, eastings, and westings, ia another most
admirable system of plotting, especially useful ..."
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 southings, ..."
5. The Coal and Metal Miners' Pocketbook of Principles, Rules, Formulas, and Tables by Thomas J. Foster (1905)
"Let the distance ed be incorrect. With two or more errors nothing can be done.
The first location of a is southings 0, westings 0; the second location is ..."
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