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Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Known as: Principal Triangulation of Britain, Trigonometrical Survey 
The Principal Triangulation of Britain was a triangulation project carried out between 1784 and about 1853 at the instigation of senior surveyor… 
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Review
2017
Review
2017
XX. An account of the trigonometrical survey, carried on in the years 1795, and 1796, by order of the Marquis Cornwallis, Master General of the Ordance
According to the resolution expressed in the account of the Trigonometrical Survey, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for… 
Review
2017
Review
2017
XXVII. An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the Meridian, extending from latitude 8° 9' 38",4,, to latitude 18° 3' 23", 6, N. being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45",2
In the 12th vol. of the Asiatick Researches, there are detailed accounts of two complete sections of an arc on the meridian… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Linear Positioning System based on IR Beacon and Angular Detection Photodiode Array
Following development of smartphones, wearable devices, and so on, it is possible to measure certain types of human behavior… 
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2016
Review
2016
The development and evolution of the William Smith 1815 geological map from a digital perspective
William Smith’s 1815 geological map of England and Wales is a masterpiece; the map differs from all other contemporaneous maps in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Interpreting the style of faulting and paleoseismicity associated with the 1897 Shillong, northeast India, earthquake: Implications for regional tectonism
The 1897 Shillong (Assam), northeast India, earthquake is considered to be one of the largest in the modern history. Although… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Some snapshots from fifty years of geophysics
A person lucky enough to have worked in different aspects of geophysics in Australia over the last fifty years is sure to have a… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Coordination of Cadastral Surveys in New South Wales
A review is made of all major attempts and recommendations to introduce coordination of cadastral surveys into New South Wales… 
Review
1957
Review
1957
Geography at the British Association.
WHEN the British Association last met at Dundee in 1867 the president of Section E, Sir Samuel Baker, had but lately returned… 
Review
1937
Review
1937
Dr. John Louis Tiarks, F.R.S. (1789–1837)
THE report of the council of the Royal Astronomical Society read at the eighteenth annual general meeting contained an… 
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