COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Plate XIV. Triangles for the survey of part of Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Vol. 3, 1811
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
28
Scale 1:
253,440
Note:
Uncolored map.
Full Title:
Plate XIV. Triangles for the survey of part of Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. (to accompany) An account of the trigonometrical survey : carried on by order of the Master-General of his Majesty's Ordnance, in the years 1800. 1801, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1809. By Lieutenant-Colonel William Mudge, ... Vol. III. ... 1811.
List No:
6874.024
Page No:
XIV
Series No:
24
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
An account of the trigonometrical survey : carried on by order of the Master-General of his Majesty's Ordnance, in the years 1800. 1801, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1809. By Lieutenant-Colonel William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S. and Captain Thomas Colby, of the Royal Engineers. Vol. III. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty ..., 1811. (inside front cover: showing the owner' plate) "Alex Keith Johnson, Geographer to the Queen, Edinburgh".
Pub Note:
Volume 3 published in 1811, in 382 pages, with folded view, diagrams, tables and maps of the triangulated survey. All text and images are printed as black and white. Bound in green cloth cardboard covers. This is the third part of Trigonometrical survey of England and Wales, published in 3 volumes. Vol. 1. An account of the trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1795, and 1796. Vol.2 was published in two parts in 1801 and 1804 and is entirely the work of William Mudge, First published annually in the Philosophical Transactions, by Captain William Mudge, F.R.S. and Mr. Isaac Dalby. ... These important works provide a contemporary account of the early years of the Ordnance Survey, focusing on the methodology of triangulation and the equipment used during those first enterprises. The papers were read before the Royal Society in June 1795 and May 1797 respectively. The works were subsequently revised with two additional parts added, all published under a slightly different title between 1799 and 1811.
Pub List No:
6874.000
Pub Maps:
14
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
6874024
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
W. Bulmer and Co.
Type:
Survey Map
Country:
England
Engraver or Printer:
Faden, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Publication Author:
Colby, Thomas
Publication Author:
Mudge, William
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Author:
Colby, Thomas
Author:
Mudge, William
Date:
1811
Plate XIV. Triangles for the survey of part of Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Berkshir...
