COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Author:
James, Henry, 1803-1877
Date:
1863
Short Title:
Plate I: Diagram of triangulation
Publisher:
George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Survey Map
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
24
Scale 1:
Variable
Note:
Uncolored map showing extension of the triangulation into England, France and Belgium.
Country:
Belgium
Country:
France
Full Title:
Plate I: (Diagram of triangulation). (to accompany) Extension of the triangulation of the Ordnance Survey into France and Belgium ... 1863.
List No:
6894.007
Page No:
I
Series No:
7
Engraver or Printer:
Schubert, T. F. de
Engraver or Printer:
Clarke, Alexander Ross
Publication Author:
James, Henry, 1803-1877
Publication Author:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Pub Date:
1863
Pub Title:
Extension of the triangulation of the Ordnance Survey into France and Belgium :with the measurement of an Arc of parallel in latitude 52(degree) N. from Valentia in Ireland to Mount Kemmel in Belgium. Published by order of the right Hon. Sir George C, Lewis, Bart. Secretary of State for war. By Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E., F.R.s., &c. Director of the Ordnance Survey. London : Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printed to the Queen's most excellent Majesty. for the Majesty's Stationary Office. 1863.
Pub Note:
Printed in vi, 62 pages, with 7 plates. Includes table of contents, text, and manuscript letters and notes. Accompanied by 21+2 pages of text, note and figure, titled: Sur l'Influence des attractions locales dans les Operations Geodesiques ... Par Le General de l'Infantierie T.F. de Schubert ... Altona, 1860. Bound in light brown leather covers, with "Extension of the triangulation of the Ordnance Survey into France and Belgium" and a decorative border stamped in gilt. Noted in introduction: "All computations here given have, been made by or under the immediate superintendence of Captain alexander Ross Clarke, R.E."
Pub List No:
6894.000
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Pub Maps:
7
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
6894007
Authors:
James, Henry, 1803-1877; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Link To Source
Plate I: Diagram of triangulation
