COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mudge, William
Author:
Williams, Edward
Date:
1797
Short Title:
A plan of the principal triangles in the trigonometrical survey, 1795-1796
Publisher:
Royal Society of London
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Survey Map
Obj Height cm:
45
Obj Width cm:
108
Scale 1:
1,900,800
Note:
Uncolored folded map. Covers Weymouth and Land's End. Showing major cities. Relief shown by hachures. First edition, one volume in two parts. Part 1: year 1791-1794: iv, 179, [1] p., [4] folded maps, and views. Read before the Royal Society, June 25, 1795. Part 2: year 1795-1796: iv, 111 p. folded maps. Read before the Royal Society, May 11, 1797. Both parts bound in one volume covers with red full morocco, gilt edges and inner dentelles, spine with gilt tooled raised band with "Trigonometry Survey" stamped in gilt. First published annually in the Philosophical Transactions, by Captain William Mudge, F.R.S. and Mr. Isaac Dalby. ... Founded in 1791, these important works provide a contemporary account of the early years of the Ordnance Survey, focusing on the methodology of triangulation and the equipment used during those first enterprises. The works were subsequently revised with two additional parts added, all published under a slightly different title between 1799 and 1811. These earlier issues are particularly uncommon.
Country:
England
Full Title:
A plan of the principal triangles in the trigonometrical survey, 1795-1796. John Warner, Sculpt. (on upper margin) Philos. Trans. MDCCXCVII. Tab. XI. p. 542. (to accompany) An account of the trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1795, and 1796, by order of the Right Honourable the Marquis Cornwallis, ... By Colonel Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery; and Mr. Isaac Dalby. Communicated by the Duke of Richmond, F.R.S. From the Phliosophical Transactions. (with part 1) An account of the trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794.
List No:
6875.016
Series No:
17
Engraver or Printer:
Dalby, Issac
Engraver or Printer:
Warner, John
Publication Author:
Williams, Edward
Publication Author:
Mudge, William
Pub Date:
1797
Pub Title:
An account of the trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 : by order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond ... By Lieut. Col. Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery; and Mr. Isaac Dalby. Communicated by the Duke of Richmond, F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. (with part 2) An account of the trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1795, and 1796, by order of the Right Honourable the Marquis Cornwallis, ... By Colonel Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery; and Mr. Isaac Dalby. Communicated by the Duke of Richmond, F.R.S. From the Phliosophical Transactions.
Pub Note:
First edition, one volume in two parts. Part 1: year 1791-1794: iv, 179, [1] p., [4] folded maps, and views. Read before the Royal Society, June 25, 1795. Part 2: year 1795-1796: iv, 111 p. folded maps. Read before the Royal Society, May 11, 1797. Both parts bound in one volume covers with red full morocco, gilt edges and inner dentelles, spine with gilt tooled raised band with "Trigonometry Survey" stamped in gilt. First published annually in the Philosophical Transactions, by Captain William Mudge, F.R.S. and Mr. Isaac Dalby. ... Founded in 1791, these important works provide a contemporary account of the early years of the Ordnance Survey, focusing on the methodology of triangulation and the equipment used during those first enterprises. The works were subsequently revised with two additional parts added, all published under a slightly different title between 1799 and 1811. These earlier issues are particularly uncommon.
Pub List No:
6875.000
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
6875016
Authors:
Williams, Edward; Mudge, William
Link To Source
A plan of the principal triangles in the trigonometrical survey, 1795-1796
