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Definition of Eastings
1. easting [n] - See also: easting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastings
Literary usage of Eastings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"... eastings, and westings respectively. Then in four other columns are to be
entered the total northing or southing, and easting or westing, ..."
2. Mathematical Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing, and Use by John Fry Heather (1891)
"... eastings and westings, hereafter described, had to be employed, or the angles
had to be protracted by chords. To protract by chords, find in a table of ..."
3. The Practice of Engineering Field Work, Applied to Land, Hydrographic, and by W. Davis Haskoll (1858)
"serving that whilst the eastings are positive, the westings are negative, or
quantities to be subtracted from the eastings; for accuracy this method le,aves ..."
4. Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military by Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon (1879)
"The eastings must be raked, or if very nula sifted, out of tho sand when ...
greater with these eastings than with soft east iron ; they are very brittle, ..."
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