New York State Comptroller's Office Form for Engineers' Field Notes to be Filed with Comptroller
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A "Form for entering field notes, quantities, etc. for a book of records to be deposited in the Comptroller's office," is dated June 25, 1842.
The document provides sample field notes for natural ground and for excavations of various types, along with diagrams and formulas for computing the cubic footage of excavation. At the end are explanations of various terms and procedures referred to in the document. Field notes of engineers were required to be filed by a law of 1850, but no previous statute is found concerning field notes.
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