land-surveying

But while Washington took up a deep interest in land-surveying tools, Lincoln took up a deep interest in books.

The Real Washington And Lincoln 2007

There were a number of visitors in the room besides him and his friends: two infantry officers, a bald, gray-haired gentleman in spectacles, two beardless youths from the institute of land-surveying, and a very tipsy man who looked like an actor.

The Schoolmistress and other stories 2004

The durable pine marker—full of pitch that provides protection from rotting and pests—was disguised to look like a land-surveying corner marker.

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

One of these, of which only fragments survive, dealt with the art of land-surveying and the laws relating to land.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Besides, Mr. Turner had heard from his brother James of the stamina I had shown in the public land-surveying expedition; and also from my father of my determination to get a good education before beginning the study of law.

Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield

He taught himself land-surveying and engineering, and constructed roads, tanks and buildings.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various

When these were removed by the periodical flooding due to the rising of the Nile, it was necessary to replace them, or to determine the taxable area independently of them, by an art of land-surveying.

The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Various

At this place the general was born, and after receiving a plain education, he learned something of the business of land-surveying, and was in the eighteenth year of his age appointed surveyor of the western part of the territory of Virginia, by

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

It is on account of the principal’s cleverness that he has got the lieutenant who teaches land-surveying; for the other schools have no lieutenant.

Chapter VIII 1917

During the six years which he spent in land-surveying he obtained a more practical knowledge of the laws pertaining to public and private property as they affected the lives and habits of both squire and peasant.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916