COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colby, Thomas
Author:
Mudge, William
Date:
1811
Short Title:
Plate I. Plan of the principal triangles in England & Wales and part of Scotland. Vol. 3, 1811
Publisher:
W. Bulmer and Co.
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Survey Map
Obj Height cm:
40
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
3,801,600
Note:
Uncolored map. The doted lines in this plate denotes the northern boundary of triangles in the fourth section. Altitude of stations shown by spot heights in feet.
Country:
England
Country:
Scotland
Country:
Wales
Full Title:
Plate I. Plan of the principal triangles in England & Wales and part of Scotland. (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:
6874.011
Page No:
I
Series No:
11
Engraver or Printer:
Faden, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Publication Author:
Mudge, William
Publication Author:
Colby, Thomas
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 Type:
Survey Book
Pub Maps:
14
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
6874011
Authors:
Mudge, William; Colby, Thomas
Link To Source
Plate I. Plan of the principal triangles in England & Wales and part of Scotland. Vol. 3, ...
