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Identifier: geodesyeasternob00usco (find matches)
Title: Geodesy : the eastern oblique arc of the United States and osculating spheroid / by Chas. A. Schott
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901
Subjects: Arc measures.
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Penn State University
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75CM. THEODOLITE. THK MAIN TRIAXGULATION. 135 ( 3. TKIANGULATION CONNKCriNC, TIIK KIKK ISLAND BASKNET WITH THK KKNT ISLAND HASK NET KXTKNDKD,CONNECTICUT, NKW VOKK, NKW JERSEY, PENNSYL-VANIA, DKLAWARE, AND MARYLAND. 1833-1845 AND 1865. The angular ineasun;s of tliis section of the (jljHquearc date from the year 1833, and were completed in 1845.The triangulation up to 1843 inclusive is essentially thework of Superintendent F. R. Hassler. In its compositionit reflects the custom in those early days of including buta few composite figures, such as quadrilaterals or centralfigures, the chain being made up mainly of triangles.The number of observations taken would now be consid-ered as .scanty, yet with the superior instruments Mr.Hassler had procured, his results reached a fair degree ofaccuracy. The number of series, each including a directand a reversed set, varied from 11 to 35, with an averageof 24. At the six stations which remained to be occupiedafter his death in November 1843, the

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