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Railroad curve tables; containing a comprehensive table of functions of a one-degree curve, with correction quantities giving exact values for any degree of curve, together with various other tables and formulas, including radii, natural sines, cosines, tangents, cotangents, etc. To which is added a method of finding any function of a curve of any degree or radius without a field book

by: Henderson, Reuben Stewart, b. 1876

Publication date: 1906

Topics: Railroads -- Curves and turnouts

Publisher: New York : The Engineering news publishing co.

Collection: cdl; americana

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

2 p. L., 69 p. 19 cm

Addeddate: 2007-01-26 22:55:21

Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-320872

Camera: 1Ds

Collection-library: nrlf_ucb

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by ian f-r for item railroadcurvetab00hendrich on January 26, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1906.

Copyright-evidence-date: 20070126225352

Copyright-evidence-operator: ian f-r

Copyright-region: US

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1051743849

Foldoutcount: 0

Identifier: railroadcurvetab00hendrich

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t12n50q9w

Full catalog record: MARCXML

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Reviewer: ScottBrown5271 - - July 3, 2007
Subject: Still relevant 100 years later

This book represents an incredible mathematical effort. The author must have calculated the contents of the tables for many months using a book of trigonometric functions and hand computations. While these methods may be considered archaic by today's standards, the results are still valid and very useful in my practice as a professional land surveyor. My printed copy of this book has instantly become one of my most highly valued possessions. The most amazing part of acquiring this work was the five-minute process of finding and downloading. Without the Internet, the proverbial needle in the haystack is a trivially simple problem by comparison.

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