The plane table, 1865-1869 / by A.M. Harrison, assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.

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The plane table, 1865-1869 / by A.M. Harrison, assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.

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The bulk of the manuscript is a handwritten, illustrated treatise dated 1865 on the plane table and its use in surveying. At the end of the volume there are various printed excerpts bound in, including "A treatise on the plane table, and its use in topographical surveying ... abridged from the original mss., 1867", apparently a proof copy for a reprint of the article that was published as appendix no. 22 in the Report of the superintendent of the Coast Survey (1865, no. 30); an excerpt from the Providence journal ("The metrical system of France", by A.M. Harrison, dated Nov. 30, 1869); projection tables from the 1853 Coast Survey report; the article, "Telescopic measurement in surveying", by Benjamin Smith Lyman (12 p.); and handwritten tables of triangulation.

1 v. (ca. 513 leaves) : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881

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Alexander Medina Harrison (1829-1881) was born in New Haven, Conn., and worked as an engineer for the U.S. Coast Survey. In 1875, while he was stationed in Plymouth, Mass., Harrison was instructed to gather information about the origins of the inscriptions on Dighton Rock, located near Taunton, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1875-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207142312 ...

Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920

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Benjamin Smith Lyman was a geologist and mining engineer. From the description of Papers, 1850-1918. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316358 Benjamin Smith Lyman studied geology and mining engineering in France and in Germany. He worked with J. Peter Lesley in the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, and later worked on the Iowa Geological Survey. Lyman was surveyor of the coal fields of Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia and of the gold ...