PLATE 2.
PLAN TRACED BY JUNIOR HAND
PLAN SHEWING WRITING GAUGED
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PLATE 2.
PLAN TRACED BY JUNIOR HAND
PLAN SHEWING WRITING GAUGED
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLATE 3.
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PLAN OF ESTATE
AT
Haslington,
BUCKS.
1874.
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PLATE 4.
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Roman Capitals
ITALIC CAPITALS Angle 60 degrees
ROUND HAND Angle 53 degrees
MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION OF LETTERS &c.
8 Lines 6 Lines 4 Lines 3 Lines 2 Lines
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PLATE 5.
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Open Stone Letters
Do. Do. with Ornament
Ornamental Letters.
Egyptian with Ornament
Roman with Ornament
Do. small with Ornament
Old English with Ornament
Do. Small with Ornament
FIGURES with Ornament
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PLATE 6.
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ALPHABETS.
Old English Capitals.
Do. Do. Small.
German Text Capitals.
Do. Do. Small.
Gothic Capitals.
Do. Small.
Church Text Capitals.
Do. Do. Small.
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PLATE 7.
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PLAN of an ESTATE
CALLED
The Lower Cedars
NEAR the TOWN of
BIRMINGHAM
1874.
Plan of Property
Situate in the Parish of
Hammersmith,
Middlesex.
Plan of a Valuable Freehold Estate
known as
Frognal
NEAR
Hampstead Heath.
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PLATE 8.
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PLAN of LAND to be LAID OUT
IN BUILDING PLOTS
BELONGING TO THE LATE
Sir Joseph Paxton,
IN LEASES OF 99 YEARS,
SUBJECT TO THE ANNEXED CONDITION.
Scale of Chains.Scale 6 Chains to an Inch.Scale of Feet.
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PLATE 9.
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Scale of Chains.
Scale of Feet.
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PLATE 10.
PLATE 10.
top frame
COCOA & PALM TREES
For Colonial Plans.
bottom frame
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Plate 10.
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Larger illustrations: ORDINARY BEECH. (60 kB)
WOOD. (60 kB)
FIRS. (70 kB)
LIGHT BRUSHWOOD. (40 kB)
FIRS & OTHER TREES. (60 kB)
COCOA & PALM TREES. (50 kB)
SWAMP. (60 kB)
MARSH. (40 kB)
PLATE 11.
PLATE 11.
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Larger illustration: A (100 kB)
B (100 kB)
C (60 kB)
D (80 kB)
E (115 kB)
F (105 kB)
G (60 kB)
H (90 kB)
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PLATE 12.
PLATE 12.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Larger illustrations: CONSTRUCTION OF HILLS. (80 kB)
FINISHED HILLS. (120 kB)
CONTOUR HILLS. (1400 kB)
FINISHED HILLS IN COLOR. (120 kB)
CONTOUR HILLS IN COLOR. (140 kB)
HILLS IN CHALK. (130 kB)
BROKEN HILLY COUNTRY. (130 kB)
HILLS IN COLOR. (130 kB)
PLATE 12.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLATE 13.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLAN SHEWING PROPOSED NEW STREET.
Half Black for Lithography
Half Color for Paper.
Larger illustration (470 kB).
PLATE 14.
PLATE 14.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Larger illustrations: ASH, BEECH, BIRCH, CEDAR
CYPRESS, ELM, FIR, MOUNTAIN ASH
OAK, PLANTATION FOREST, PINE, POPLAR
SYCAMORE, THORN, WEEPING WILLOW, YEW
MOUNTAINS, ROCKY CLIFF
MOUNTAINS IN COLOR, ROCKY CLIFF IN COLOR
PLATE 14.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLATE 15.
SIGNS USED IN PLANS.
| Fence | | Farm Buildings | |
| Fence with Bank | | Churches | |
| Fence with Hedge | | Windmills | |
| Footpath | | Water Mills | |
| Bridle Paths | | Lime Kiln | |
| Occupation Road | | Sunk Road | |
| Public Road | | Raised Road | |
| Wall | | Quarry | |
| Parish Boundary | | Inn | |
| Hamlet Boundary | | Sand Pits | |
| County Boundary | | Rocks | |
| Parish & County Boundary | | Mud | |
| Railway | | Gas Works | |
| Tramway | | Glass Works | |
| Stream | | Iron Works | |
| Brook | | Column | |
| Ditch | | Old Castle | |
| Mineral Waters | | Covered Passage | |
| Canal | | Saw Mill | |
| River | | Stone Windmill | |
| Ponds | | Wooden Windmill | |
| Lake | | Cotton factory | |
| Wooden Fence | | Woollen Factory | |
Post and Rail
or thus | | Well | |
| Chains & Post | | Dry Well | |
| Hurdle Fence | | Salt Works | |
| Gates | | Field Wall | |
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PLATE 16.
SIGNS USED IN MAPS AND CHARTS.
| | | | | | | |
| Fortress | | Rocks | { | alwayscovered | |
| Citadel | | Reef of Rocks | |
| Fortified Castle | | Sand | { | nevercovered | |
| Walled Town | | Sand | { | sometimescovered | |
| Open Town | | Shoals | { | alwayscovered | |
| Country Town | | Mud Bank & Beach
dry at Low Water | |
| Little Town | | Rocky Ledges
which cover and uncover | |
| City | | Sandy Beach
dry at Low Water | |
| Episcopal City | | Lighthouses
(position of) | |
| Borough or Corporation | | Can Buoys | |
| Light Ship | | Nun Buoys | |
| Light House | | Mooring Buoy | |
| Anchorage for Ships | | Buoys with Beacons | |
| Do for Coasters | | Coral Reefs | |
| Wreck | | Kelp | |
| Stopping Places | | Fish Weir | |
| Head of Navigation | | Swampy Land | |
| Floating Light Vessel | | Rocks | |
| Harbour | | Rocks dry at Low Water | |
| Telegraph | | Viaduct | |
| Signal House | | Tunnel | |
| Buoys | | Railway Bridge | |
| Channel Marks | | Bridge over Stream | |
| No Current | | Pontoon Bridge | |
| Direction of Current | | Bridge (Brick or Stone) | |
| Rocks | { | sometimescovered | | Foot Bridge | |
| Rocks | { | nevercovered | | Towns | |
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PLATE 17.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Plan
OF
Melton Hall Estate
Situate in the
COUNTY of LINCOLN,
1874.
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PLATE 18.
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PIECE OF ORDNANCE MAP.
PIECE OF CHART SHEWING SOUNDINGS, &c.
Larger illustrations: Ordnance map (540 kB)
Soundings chart (430 kB)
PLATE 19.
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Large illustration 170 kB)
PLATE 20.
| SAND & GRAVEL. | RED SANDSTONE. | CLAY & GRAVEL. |
| | |
| LIMESTONE. | BOG. | CLAY SLATE. |
| | |
| MILLSTONE. | GRANITE. | SANDSTONE & COAL. |
| | |
| SPOIL BANK. | PURE GRAVEL. | CLAY CALCAREOUS. |
| | |
| PEAT & CLAY. | SANDSTONE. | SHELL MARL. |
| | |
| LIMESTONE WITH MINERAL VEINS. | BOG WITH TIMBER. | SANDSTONE WITH GYPSUM. |
| | |
| MUD. | SANDSTONE COARSE & FINE. | CLAY SLATE WITH MINERAL VEINS. |
| | |
| COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE. |
| | |
Spoil Bank
Limestone
Bog | Clay
Sand
Gravel
Red Sandstone | Clay Calcareous
Yellow Clay
Rock |
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PLATE 21.
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PARLIAMENTARY RAILWAY SECTION.
DITTO, shewing Geological Strata.
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PLATE 22.
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PIECE OF MARINE ENGINE OFH. M. S. S. “RESEARCH”.
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PLATE 23.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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SKEW BRIDGE.
PERMANENT WAY.
PLATE 24.
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PLATE 25.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Ornamental Writing.
London
PLATE 26.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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METHODS of REDUCING or ENLARGING.
by SQUARES
by EIDOGRAPH
by ENGLISH PENTAGRAPH
by FRENCH PENTAGRAPH
and by Photography.
Larger illustration (150 kB)
PLATE 27.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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ISOMETRICAL view of building.
EXTERIOR.
INTERIOR.
Larger illustration (390 kB)
PLATE 28.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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Depositary Rocks. 1-18
Igneous Rocks. a-b
Larger map (560 kB)
PLATE 29.
Signs used in Indian & Colonial Plans.
| Telegraph | | Hills with Peaks | |
| Trunk Road (Metalled) | |
| District Do. | |
| Do. Unmetalled | | Do. in Contour | |
| Ford | |
| Nullah or Khall | |
| Bund or Embankment | | Scarped Face of Hill | |
| Old Bank of River | |
| Hedges with Trees | | Ravine | |
| River with Islands | |
| River with Sand Bank | | Garden | |
| Stone Sluice Gate | |
| Lake or Tank | | Paun Garden | |
| Salt Pans | | Village | |
| Cultivated Ground | | Ferry | |
| Flying Bridge | |
| Burial Ground | | Haut or Bazar | |
| Mud Fort | |
| Sand Hills | | Pucka Fort | |
| Deserted Village | |
| Ridge of Hills | | Principal Survey Stations | |
| Secondary Do. | |
| High Ground | | Flag for Surveying | |
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLATE 30.
Signs used in Indian & Colonial Plans.
| Salt Golah | | Jhow Jungle | |
| Salt Chowkey | |
| Silk Factory | | Jheel | |
| Indigo Factory | | Tamarind Trees | |
| Sugar Factory | | Bamboo Jungle | |
| Post Office | | Salt Waste | |
| Dak Bungalow | |
| Police or Thana Stan. | | Salt Waste with Jungle | |
| Magistrate’s Kutcherry | | Mangoe Tope | |
| Stone or Pucka Houses | |
| Mahomedan Mosque | | Cocoa Nut Trees | |
| Hindoo Temple | |
| Telegraph Tower | | Betel Nut Trees | |
| Signal Staff | | Trees generally | |
| Boundary Pillar | | Date Trees | |
| Wooden Boundary Post | |
| Pucka Well | | Palm or Tar Trees | |
| Kucha Well | |
| Forest Jungles | | Mangrove | |
| Low Jungles | | Brides | |
| Grass Jungles | | Rail Road | |
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PLATE 31.
Military Signs and Fortifications.
| TÊte du Pont | | Passable for Troops | |
| Infantry Engaged | |
| Vedettes | | Cavalry Encamped | |
| Village Inundated | |
| Military Pits | |
| Mines | | Sand Bags | |
| Infantry Encamped | | Intrenchment | |
| Village Burnt | | Cannon | |
| Cavalry Engaged | |
| Caltrop or Crows Feet | | Park | |
| Trenches | | Palisades | |
| Barrier | |
| Mortar & Shells | |
| Block House | |
| Field Piece and Limber | |
| Ammunition Waggon and Limber | |
|
| SECTION of GLACIS, DITCH, RAMPART, &c. |
| | | |
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PLATE 32.
Military Signs and Fortifications.
| Infantry Column | | Impassible for Artillery | |
| Cavalry Line | | Abatis | |
| Chevaux de frise | |
| Redoubt | |
| Mortar Battery | |
| Impassible for Cavalry | | Cavalry Column | |
| Gained | | Guns on March | |
| Field of Battle | Gun Battery | |
| Lost | Impassible for Infantry | |
| Sentinel | | Baggage Waggons | |
| Infantry Line | |
| Guns in Position | | Fortified
Castles
Closed | |
| Palisades | |
| Rifle Pits | | Redan or Fleche | |
| |
| Gabions | Fascines |
| |
|
| PLAN of BASTIONED FORT with LUNETTES. |
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PLATE 33.
B. Alexander, Lith.
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PORTION of MINING PLAN shewing PILLAR WORKINGS.
as SHEWN by HAND on PAPER.
as SHEWN by ENGRAVING or LITHOGRAPHY.
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