Theodolites at 20 000 feet: justifying precision measurement during the trigonometrical survey of Kashmir, 1855–1865

DOI10.1098/RSNR.2020.0052OpenAlexW3131525321MaRDI QIDQ5060558

Miguel Ohnesorge

Publication date: 10 January 2023

Published in: Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2020.0052

zbMATH Keywords

Andrew Scott WaughEast India Company (EIC), high precision theodolitesGreat Trigonometric Survey (GTS) of IndiaKashmirThomas George Montgomerie

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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