The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . ith this in-strument, it ought to be fixed perpendicularlyto the horizon, which may be done by meansof a plummet suspended from n. In taking thealtitude of a tree growing upon an inclined plane,you must endeavour to make your observationsfrom a place upon a level with the bottom ofthe tree. If this cannot be done, direct the ho-rizontal sights at c and d towards the lower partof the tree, and let your assistant make a markupon it; then find the height of the tree abovethis mark, as before, to which add the distance ofthe ma
The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . ith this in-strument, it ought to be fixed perpendicularlyto the horizon, which may be done by meansof a plummet suspended from n. In taking thealtitude of a tree growing upon an inclined plane,you must endeavour to make your observationsfrom a place upon a level with the bottom ofthe tree. If this cannot be done, direct the ho-rizontal sights at c and d towards the lower partof the tree, and let your assistant make a markupon it; then find the height of the tree abovethis mark, as before, to which add the distance ofthe mark from the ground, which must, in thiscase, be considered the height of the eye, andthe sum will be the height of the 10. 1841. Fig. Staff. Art. VI. Designs for laying out a Suburban Residence. By the Conductor. The situation for which the design Jig. 50. is intended is nearShepherds Bush, and forms part of what was till lately an ex-tensive brick field. The soil is a strong retentive clay, and its Design for a Snhwhan Residence. 351 Fig. li.
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