it was in 1986,
stared at the constructions sites with:
T2 and steel tape and a Topcon level
for topo work
T16 + DI3
a couple years later we used the ultra modern T1000 + DI1000 + GRE3
Chr.
1972
Wild T2
300' canyon chain
1973 (this month to be precise).
Dietzgen enclosed vernier transit and 100 foot Lufkin Highway chain (tape). Plumb bob, Locke level, pocket full of flagging, magic marker, kiel, and of course a bush axe.
Andy
1992 Topcon GTS 3B My boss used the plumb bob hanger under the tripod to set up. Then I took an intro to surveying class in Peoria and recall being amazed that you could setup quicker and better by using the optical plummet. Can't recall who that guy was that taught the class, but he really opened my eyes to the value of education. Thank you, whoever you are. I'm so glad I'm not that guy that got One year of training Twenty times over.
In college 1972
K & E open transit, 100' cut tape for one project.
Then a K&E compass on staff with a 100' cut tap for my first "survey".
On my first survey job, a T-3, with a 100' tape an HP3005 edm.
I have used all the old equipment and all the new equipment, box-compass/dip needle, stadia, vernier transits(and theodolite) and even DMD sheets.
I was lucky to get into surveying at the cusp of technology.
1968 w/ USFS.
1' Transit, 100 ft. steel tape, plumb bobs, abney, chaining pins, pencil, field book, and misc. instruments of destruction (defoliation).
What a long strange trip it's been...
Loyal
We declined to put the brush hook back into the truck after the recent organizer rebuild.
I find a pair of compound loppers is just as fast and easier on my shoulder and elbow.
My boss had a T16, 200' tape and a yellow top mount Topcon EDM. We only used the EDM for long shots.
In 1966, I started my survey career with a dietzgen transit, 8 chain tape, clinometer, chaining grips, chaining pins and a 8 place Monroe hand crank calculator and not much else.
Hey Keith:
How about the Red Book?
Charles,
Oh ya, the Red Book and the '47 Manual!
> Hey Keith:
>
> How about the Red Book?
Yes, tell us about BLM's little red book (I wonder if they called it that during the Cold War). I have a copy of the 8th Edition of 1956, which I think is the last one they made.
On my first day, in 1993, we were doing cross-sections of a creek for bridge design. The crew had already set up a base line using the Leica total station, which was new at that time. We were cutting lines out to run the cross sections with a tape and level. I had no idea what we were doing, I sliced my hand on a joe blade within the first hour, and I fell in Nonconnah Creek. I wasn't allowed to touch the instruments. I didn't even know what the i-man saw through the scope until my second surveying job. I stayed with it, and about 20 years later here I am with my name on the truck.
I still have my Red Book, but I have Logarithmic charts (secants, versed sines) taped in the front and I can't see the date of publication of the book?
And of course on the inside of the front cover is a cartoon of an instrument man bent over, pants down, hands on the ground with a transit on top of his rear, and a plumb bob hanging from his "part". The caption is "I'll bet next time you won't forget that god----ed tripod".
Little Red Book
My copy of the “Red Book” (STANDARD FIELD TABLES AND TRIGONOMETRIC FORMULAS) is pretty much falling apart. It is an Eight Edition, 1956.
BTW...the “Red Book” was the “Little Black Book” long before it was Red. The same size, and pretty much the same-o same-o stuff inside. I have a “cherry” Third Edition 1923 (1902 Manual & Advance Sheets to the 1930 Manual):
General Land Office
TABLES AND FORMULAS
for the use of
U.S. SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS
on
PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS
Here's an image of the two that I have:
Little Red Book
> My copy of the “Red Book” (STANDARD FIELD TABLES AND TRIGONOMETRIC FORMULAS) is pretty much falling apart. It is an Eight Edition, 1956.
>
> BTW...the “Red Book” was the “Little Black Book” long before it was Red. The same size, and pretty much the same-o same-o stuff inside. I have a “cherry” Third Edition 1923 (1902 Manual & Advance Sheets to the 1930 Manual):
>
> General Land Office
> TABLES AND FORMULAS
> for the use of
> U.S. SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS
> on
> PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS
Here is the BLM Red Book that I have from 1956.
Little Red Book
Looks the same as mine, EXCEPT yours is in MUCH better condition!
Not sure how many miles my little Red Book has on it, but it's got to be quite a few.
Of course the HP-35/45 had something to do with it's retirement from field duty.
Loyal
Little Red Book
I took a picture of my Red Book with my Iphone, but can't get it on here?
Little Red Book
Little Red Book
Ah ha, got it!
