State survey calculations, 1838-1842?.

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State survey calculations, 1838-1842?.

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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 taken in the field. This series contains two notebooks of data calculated by Simeon Borden from trigonometrical survey field notebooks; an 1838 final report with calculations by Robert Treat Paine, the astronomical surveyor; and an 1846 published monograph of latitude and longitude tables based on the trigonometrical and astronomical work, with partial ms. draft.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Survey of Massachusetts.

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Paine, Robert Treat, 1803-1885

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dallas Bache wa...

Borden, Simeon, 1798-1856

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