Record

RefNoCD/89/5
Previous numbersCD 1198
LevelItem
TitlePreliminary note on the proposed re-measurement of the meridional and longitudinal geodetic arcs in the United Kingdom, by Charles Frederick Close and Edmund Herbert [Grove-] Hills
Date16 May 1904
DescriptionProposal for the re-triangulation of the United Kingdom, intended to supercede the 1857 triangulation, and to connect with stations in Ireland, France and the Shetland Islands. With suggested locations for stations, instruments and estimates of the cost of the work. With a map of the United Kingdom showing geodetic arcs.
Extent4p.; 1 plate
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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