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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 [D.C.] : Gov't Print. Off., 1882.

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Additional Authors
Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou), 1831-1910.
Description
xx, 922 pages : XXX plates, 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.
Subject
  • Standards of length
  • Base measuring
  • Geomagnetism > Great Lakes (North America)
  • Geomagnetism
  • Great Lakes (North America) > Surveys
  • Great Lakes
Genre/Form
Surveys.
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
  • 16761758
  • SCSB-405395
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library