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Report upon the primary triangulation of the United States Lake survey
- Title
- Report upon the primary triangulation of the United States Lake survey / By Lieut.-Col. C.B. Comstock, Corps of engineers ... aided by the assistants on the survey.
- Author
- U.S. Lake Survey.
- Publication
- Washington : Gov\u0027t print. off., 1882.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou), 1831-1910.
- Description
- xx, 922 pages, XXX plate (including maps); 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- Professional papers of the Corps of engineers, U.S. Army ; no. 24
- Uniform Title
- Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) ; no. 24.
- Subjects
- Note
- LC copy replaced by microfilm.
- Contents
- pt. I. Historical account of the survey of the northern and northwestern lakes, May 1841 to July 1, 1881.--pt. II. Standards of length, bases, and base-apparatus.--pt. III. Primary triangulation.--pt. IV. Astronomical determinations.--pt. V. Principal results of the geodetic work.--Appendices: I. Additional data relative to metre R 1876. II. Slow return of zinc bar Z to its original length, after being heated. III. Difference of longitude between Detroit, Mich., and Cambridge, Mass. IV. Magnetic work of the Lake survey.
- LCCN
- 04032459
- OCLC
- ocm16761758
- SCSB-3096423
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries