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Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806

Title: Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806 / edited by Noël P. Wilkins.
Author: Nimmo, Alexander, 1783-1832.
Publication: Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 2011.

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Description

xv, 192 pages : 1 illustration, maps; 19 cm

Summary

Alexander Nimmo was Rector of Inverness Academy in 1806 when the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges employed him to survey the boundary of Inverness-shire with the adjacent counties. During his survey Nimmo kept a journal of his 'perambulation'. This book presents a transcription of this journal, along with significant historical commentary.

Alternative Title

Journal along the North East & South of Inverness-shire, ends at Fort William

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
History.
Sources.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-182) and index.

Contents

Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey and journal, 1806: the original manuscript and its transcription / Noël P. Williams -- Alexander Nimmo: Rector of Inverness Royal Academy / Robert Preece -- The Scottish Highlands and Ireland in the time of Alexander Nimmo / James Hunter -- A cartographical perambulation around Alexander Nimmo's Inverness-shire journal / Christopher Fleet -- On becoming an engineer: Nimmo's survey and his engineering career / Noël P. Wilkins -- The journal / Alexander Nimmo.

ISBN

1904890741
9781904890744

LCCN

2010681065

OCLC

ocn726583278
726583278
SCSB-1596083

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library