Extension of the triangulation of the ordnance survey into France and Belgium with the measurement of an arc of parallel in latitude 52° N. from Valentia in Ireland to Mount Kemmel In Belgium
by James, Henry Sir
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1863. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 32 cm x 25.5 cm, vi, 62 p., 7 plates. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Publishers blind stamped red cloth 4 cm loss to head of the spine some rubbing to lower outer corners, and some light dust soiling. The binding tight with no splits, overall a vg copy of a scarce work. The plates are line drawings of plans of the observatory's scaffolds etc + a diagram of the triangulation.
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- Seller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 03596
- Title
- Extension of the triangulation of the ordnance survey into France and Belgium with the measurement of an arc of parallel in latitude 52° N. from Valentia in Ireland to Mount Kemmel In Belgium
- Author
- James, Henry Sir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H.M. Stationery Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Triangulation. Surveying, Ordnance survey
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