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you.101

Maker

Smithsonian Institution

Subjects

Surveying; history-of; (astrolabes; plumb bobs; compasses; sextant; barometer; artificial horizons; pocket chronometer; hypsometer; theolodites; lathes; circular dividing engines)

Title

Early Instruments in the History of Surveying: Their Use and Their Invention

Description

Brief history of early surveying instruments, beginning pre-1000 B.C. up until mid-1800s, by Robert P. Multhauf. Seems to be article from journal ‘Surveying and Mapping’.
Donated by Ian Young, descendant of Robert Whipple, in 2013.

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Pages

17

Address

Washington D. C.

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