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The Draughtsman's Handbook of Plan and Map Drawing

Part 2 — Curvature and Refraction.

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Table of Corrections in Feet and Decimals of a Foot.

Distance In Miles. Curvature. Refraction. Correction for Curvature and Refraction.

1⁄4 ·04 ·01 ·03

1⁄2 ·17 ·02 ·15

3⁄4 ·37 ·05 ·32

1 ·67 ·09 ·58

1 1⁄2 1 ·50 ·21 1 ·29

2 2 ·67 ·38 2 ·29

2 1⁄2 4 ·17 ·60 3 ·57

3 6 ·00 ·86 5 ·14

3 1⁄2 8 ·17 1 ·17 7 ·00

4 10 ·67 1 ·52 9 ·15

4 1⁄2 13 ·55 1 ·93 11 ·62

5 16 ·67 2 ·38 14 ·29

5 1⁄2 20 ·18 2 ·88 17 ·30

6 24 ·01 3 ·43 20 ·58

6 1⁄2 28 ·18 4 ·03 24 ·15

7 32 ·68 4 ·67 28 ·01

7 1⁄2 37 ·52 5 ·36 32 ·16

8 42 ·69 6 ·10 36 ·59

8 1⁄2 48 ·19 6 ·88 41 ·31

9 54 ·02 7 ·72 46 ·30

9 1⁄2 60 ·20 8 ·60 51 ·60

10 66 ·70 9 ·53 57 ·17

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