An Account of the Operations Carried on for Accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales: From the Commencement, in the Year 1784, to the End of the Year 1796, Volume 2W. Bulmer and Company, 1801 |
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... point of view , be a most eligible one for a new direction of the meridian , if the hills in the middle of the moor were not considerably higher . It was , therefore , chosen only with a view of being subservient to the purpose of ...
... point of view , be a most eligible one for a new direction of the meridian , if the hills in the middle of the moor were not considerably higher . It was , therefore , chosen only with a view of being subservient to the purpose of ...
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... points of view , the most eli- gible mode of proceeding ; and particularly in that which regarded an early determination of ... point on the English side of the channel , ) the want of a spot in the southern part of Cornwall , for the ...
... points of view , the most eli- gible mode of proceeding ; and particularly in that which regarded an early determination of ... point on the English side of the channel , ) the want of a spot in the southern part of Cornwall , for the ...
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... point on the range near Marlborough , commonly named St. Ann's Hills , should be observed . The station formerly chosen at the eastern extremity of this rangé , and observed in 1794 , ( see Phil . Trans . 1795 , p . 471. ) was this year ...
... point on the range near Marlborough , commonly named St. Ann's Hills , should be observed . The station formerly chosen at the eastern extremity of this rangé , and observed in 1794 , ( see Phil . Trans . 1795 , p . 471. ) was this year ...
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... Point , in Glamor- ganshire . These stations in South Wales will connect with three in Somersetshire , also selected this season ; one on Bleak Down , which is situated on the western extremity of the Mendip range ; a second on Brent ...
... Point , in Glamor- ganshire . These stations in South Wales will connect with three in Somersetshire , also selected this season ; one on Bleak Down , which is situated on the western extremity of the Mendip range ; a second on Brent ...
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... point which ends with the 114th chain , an offset was taken , and 19 chains measured , in a direc- tion perfectly parallel to that of the base , at the extremity of which we returned into the base itself , and continued the mea ...
... point which ends with the 114th chain , an offset was taken , and 19 chains measured , in a direc- tion perfectly parallel to that of the base , at the extremity of which we returned into the base itself , and continued the mea ...
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Agnes Beacon Amplitude of arc Angles corrected Arbury Hill arch Ash Beacon axis azimuth Bardon Hill Beacon Hill Black Bodmin Bow Brickhill Bradley Knoll Brill Broadway Beacon Bull Barrow Butterton Cadon Barrow Carraton Hill Clifton Corley Cygni depr distance at Dunnose Ditto Dover Court Draconis Dundon Beacon Dundry Epwell feet Flagstaff Frierning Gravesend Gringley Hadleigh Halstow Hatfield Broad Oak Heath Heathersedge Hensbarrow Herculis Highbeech Highclere Kinsworth Langdon Hill Lansdown Lavenham length Lidlington Lillyhoe Limb Line of collimation Lugshorn Corner Mean Mendip Hills Moor Lynch Names of stations Nuffield Obelisk Observatory Observed angles Observed Zenith Distance Orpit Peldon perpendicular Pilsden Plate plumb-line Point Quainton Rayleigh refr Rippin Tor Rushmere screw Scutchamfly Severndroog Tower Sheppey Shotover Hill Signal Staff Southweald Spheri Spire Steeple Steeple Danbury Stoke Stow telescope Tillingham Trevose Head triangles Triptree Wendover Westbury White Horse Hill Whiteham Hill Windmill Zenith dist Zenith distance Zenith Sector
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Page 103 - Head, for determining the length of a degree of a great circle perpendicular to the meridian. The truth of the deduction drawn from those observations rests on their accuracy; and it can scarcely be deemed presumptuous to assert, that an error of more than 1" cannot have existed in either of the angles.
Page 102 - ... deflection existed at Dunnose; as the deviation of it towards the north, from a deficiency of matter towards the channel, would tend to diminish the inequality between the lengths of the two degrees. This will be evident, on consideration. I am therefore disposed to believe that the plumb-line waá drawn towards the south, from the action of matter, both at the northern extremity of the arc and at Arbury Hill, but more particularly at the firstmentioned station.
Page 189 - An Account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian, extending from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wight, Latitude 50° 37
Page 101 - The length of the degree at the middle point (51° 3.5' 18") between the southern extremity of the arc and Arbury Hill, is 60864 fathoms; which is greater than the above, and exceeds it by 44 fathoms. But this degree, admitting the earth to be an ellipsoid, with the ratio of its axes as 229 to 230, should be about 10 fathoms less. If the measurement of the...
Page 101 - From this measurement it appears, that the length of a degree on the meridian, in latitude 52° 2' 20", is 60820 fathoms. This conclusion is deduced from the supposition of the whole arc subtending an angle of 2° 50' 23",38 in the heavens, and a distance of 1036337 feet on the surface of the earth. The length of the degree at the middle point (51° 35' 18") between the southern extremity of the arc and Arbury Hill, is 60864.
Page 102 - ... of two stars, north and south of the zenith, at the greatest distances my arc would admit of. But, to return, if there be an error in the amplitude of the total arc, from a deflection of the plumb-line at either of the stations, it is not probable that any such deflection existed at Dunnose; as the deviation of it towards the north, from a deficiency of matter towards the channel, would tend to diminish the inequality between the lengths of the two degrees. This will be evident, on consideration....
Page 189 - London: / Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His / Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince / of Wales, Charing Cross.
Page 102 - Arbury Hill, but more particularly at the firstmentioned station. If this were partly the case, and both Dunnose and Arbury Hill were free from any such prevailing cause, the total arc must be too great, if taken at 2° 50' 23",38, by about 8", nearly answering to 2" on each degree. A deviation of 8" from the true vertical, is a large quantity; nor can the cause of it be assigned, unless it be also supposed, that the matter producing that deflection extends in a southern direction beyond Arbury Hill....
Page 102 - ... consideration. I am, therefore, disposed to believe, that the plumb line was drawn towards the south from the action of matter, both at the north extremity of the arc and at Arbury Hillt, but more particularly at the first. If this were partly the case, and both Dunnose and Arbury Hill were free from such prevailing cause, the total arc must be too great if taken at 2° 50' 23",38, by about 8", nearly answering to 2