| RefNo | MS/234 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Tables for computing azimuths, by Sir George Everest |
| Date | 1836-1840 |
| Description | Commencing [pp.1-58] with a descriptive methodology, headed: 'Of the method employed in Observing Azimuths'. This includes examples, applications and computations of formulae presented. This section concludes with a table of a series of observations of the star 29 Camelopardali on 15 February 1839, made at the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India station of Nilgarh; and a second table of observations of the star alpha Ursa minoris on 8 October 1836, made at the Great Trigonometrical Survey station of Kaliana.
There follows three sets of tables, with rules of application and appendices.
With a letter of presentation. |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper. Indigo cloth binding. Typed label to spine, ''Everest. Azimuths &c.' Royal Society presentation bookplate on inner board, inscribed 'Sir George Everest, C.B. March 1865'. |
| Dimensions | 268x209mm. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1188 | Everest; Sir; George (1790 - 1866); surveyor and military engineer | 1790 - 1866 |