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Surveying

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  • Mathematics: various surveying instruments. Engraving by Benard.
  • Geology: a long section through mountains, and a volcano, showing strata, and, above, classes of animals. Coloured engraving by J. Fisher after T. Webster and F. Buckland.
  • A man and his assistant holding a rope to survey a field. Woodcut, 15--.
  • An Arabic (?) man singing from a songbook; African or Indian men surveying the land; westerners sowing seed and reaping; smiths hammering iron. Engraving.
  • Surveying: a surveyor's level, disassembled (above) and assembled (below). Engraving by H. Mutlow, 1810.
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    Surveying: a surveyor's level, disassembled (above) and assembled (below). Engraving by H. Mutlow, 1810.

    | Date: Sept.r 1st 1810 | Reference: 46698i
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    Zapogha, Nicolo

    Zapogha, Nicolo | Date: 1749 | Reference: MS.5115
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    Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

    | Date: 1661 | Reference: 46693i
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    Mathematics: various surveying instruments. Engraving by Benard.

    | Reference: 47858i
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    Méthode de lever les plans et les cartes de terre et de mer ... / par feu M. Ozanam ouvrage entièrement refondu et augmenté par M. Audierne / [Jacques Ozanam].

    Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717. | Date: 1781
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