"Compensating Polar Planimeters"
Copyright: 1963
- Title page, Contents, Copyright -------------------------------------------------------------- page 1
- COMPENSATING POLAR PLANIMETERS (Descriptions) ------------------------------ pages 2-4
- Fixed Arm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 2
- Adjustable Arm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- page 2
- THE COMPENSATING POLAR PLANIMETER ----------------------------------------- pages 5-32
- Tracer Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------ page 5
- I - How the Planimeter Works ------------------------------------------------------- page 5
- II - Care ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 6
- III - Operation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- pages 6-16
- How To Make readings ------------------------------------------------------ pages 7-9
- The Value of the Vernier Unit ------------------------------------------------- page 9
- Preparation for Traceing an Area --------------------------------------------- page 9
- Tracing an Area -------------------------------------------------------------- pages 9-11
- Areas to Scale ---------------------------------------------------------------- pages 11-14
- Table I - Factors for Scale Drawings or Maps - English System -------- page 12
- Table II - Factors for Scale Drawings or Maps - Metric System ------- page 13
- Measuring Large Areas ------------------------------------------------------- pages 14-16
- IV - Accuracy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- pages 16-20
- The Instrument Condition ----------------------------------------------------- pages 17-18
- Conditions of Measurement --------------------------------------------------- page 18
- The Human Equation --------------------------------------------------------- page 19
- Accuracy and Size of Figure -------------------------------------------------- page 20
- V - Features Special to the 62 0015 ------------------------------------------------- pages 21-
- Adjustment of the Tracer Arm ------------------------------------------------ pages 21-22
- Measurement to Scale ("Pole-outside-figure") --------------------------------- pages 22-26
- Indicator Diagrams ------------------------------------------------------------ pages 26-27
- Adjustment of Pole Arm ------------------------------------------------------ pages 27-28
- Measurement to Scale ("Pole-within-figure") ---------------------------------- pages 28-29
- VI - General Theory of the Polar Planimeter ----------------------------------------- pages 30-32
This manual is from the collection of Clark McCoy