British Columbia Magazine, Vol. 8

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Excerpt from British Columbia Magazine, Vol. 8: April, 1912The first step in the work last summer was the measuring of a base line upon which the system of triangles could be con structed. This line was carefully measured from a point near Steveston, in the level Fraser River Valley, and ran for ten miles in the direction of Vancouver. Stations were established at either end of this line and the angles then made, by running imaginary lines from these points to Mount Little, near Vancouver, were recorded. Then with the length of one side of the triangle known and two of its angles, it was only a matter of high-school trigono metry to find the length of the other two sides - that is, the distance between Mount Little and each of the other two points. The same operation was then repeated, tak ing the sides just found as base lines and on them building other triangles. Con tinning in this way a chain of triangles was run up and down the coast.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.