Drawings of apparatus for the trigonometrical survey, 1832.

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Survey of Massachusetts. Drawings of apparatus for the trigonometrical survey, 1832.

Drawings of apparatus for the trigonometrical survey, 1832.

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As part of a survey of the Commonwealth commissioned by the governor in 1830 in order to prepare an accurate map of Massachusetts, geographic locations of base points were determined by calculations made from trigonometrical and astronomical measurements in the field. Series consists of original drawings of compensating base apparatus designed by Simeon Borden in 1832 for the trigonometrical survey, of which he was in charge from 1834.

0.17 cubic ft. (7 technical drawings in 1 doc. box)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives