Papers of Andrew Talcott, 1865-1866.

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Papers of Andrew Talcott, 1865-1866.

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Letterbook and papers relating to the building of the Imperial Mexican Railway.

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Imperial Mexican Railway

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Talcott, Andrew, 1797-1883

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Soldier and engineer. From the description of Papers of Andrew Talcott, 1865-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455866 Army Officer, engineer, astronomer, and surveyor. While working on the Michigan-Ohio boundary line, he devised a method of determining terrestrial latitudes through the observation of stars near the senith, dapting the senith telescope to the purpose. "Talcott's method" was first described in the "Journal of the Franklin Institute (October 1838), and its...