A Memoir on the Indian Surveys

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W.H. Allen and Company, 1878 - 481 стор.
 

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The Marine Survey Department A D 187377
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Captain Taylors programme of work
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Death of SubLieutenant George
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Vessels and work completed
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MAJOR RENNELL AND THE ROUTE SURVEYS
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Colonel Wood as Surveyor General 1788
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FIRST PERIOD OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYS 1 Introductory 1800 to 1820
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The Numismata Orientalia
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Colonel Lambton and the measurement of an arc of the meridian
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FIRST PERIOD OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS
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SECOND PERIOD OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYS 182343
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Measurement of the first base line
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The Gridiron Series The ten Meridional Series across Bengal Bahar
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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN INDIA
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SECOND PERIOD OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS 182343
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Examination of temples in Kashmir by Lieut Cole
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THIRD PERIOD OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYS 184361
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The Tanjor base line
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Western section of the Great Longitudinal Series
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Antiquity of the study of Astronomy in India
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THIRD PERIOD OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS 184361
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FOURTH PERIOD OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEYS Colonel Walker and the Great Trigonometrical Survey
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The Western Ghats
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Eastern Frontier Series under Mr Lane
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Commencement of the Great Trigonometrical Survey
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Major Tennants observations of the eclipse of the sun 1868
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Mr Wynne on the geology of Mount Tilla
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ROUTE SURVEYS BEYOND THE FRONTIER OF BRITISH INDIA BY NATIVE EXPLORERS
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The Mullah in the Baroghil Pass
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FOURTH PERIOD OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS 186177
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THE REVENUE SURVEYS OF INDIA
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Bombay Revenue Survey
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SUPPLY OF INSTRUMENTS FOR THE INDIAN SURVEYS
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Colonel Hodgsons remarks upon the supply of instruments
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Further Report on Colonel Stranges System
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THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
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Dr Carters geological labours
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