by B . T Baker, published Longman, Brown, Green. London, 1847. 428 pages, illustrated throughout with diagrams, tables, line drawings also 6 large fold plates at rear of book ( plan of estate, section of railway line plan etc ). land survey measuring methods, survey with chain and cross etc Plane Trigonometry, practical survey problems, also Railway engineering, rail line levelling, cutting embankments, laying out railway curves, tunnelling etc . condition; wear to cloth covers -rubs, stains damp warp, spine strip missing, pencil notation in page opposite title page, rest of pages clean, text block solid. A book worth rebinding. Please see photos.

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