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, 1976 : begun under the direction of the Royal Society, and continued by order of the Hounourable board of Ordnance : first published in, and now revised from, the Philosophical Transactions / by William Mudge, F.R.S. and Mr. Isaac Dalby.

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, 1976 : begun under the direction of the Royal Society, and continued by order of the Hounourable board of Ordnance : first published in, and now revised from, the Philosophical Transactions / by William Mudge, F.R.S. and Mr. Isaac Dalby.

London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty ..., 1799-1811.

3 v. : ill., maps, plans, diagrs. ; 28 cm

Vol. 2 issued in 2 parts. Title page of v.2, pt. 1 reads: A account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales, continued from the year 1797, to the end of the year 1799 / by Captain William Mudge ... Title page of v. 2, pt. 2 reads: An account of the measurement of an arc of the meridian, extending from Dunnose in the Isle of Wight, to Clifton in Yorkshire, in course of the operations carried on for the trigonometrical survey of England, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802 / by Major William Mudge ... intended as a second part to volume II ...

Title page of v. 3 reads: 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 ... and Captain Thomas Colby ...

Vol. 2, pt. 1 dated 1801; v. 2, pt. 2 dated 1804; v. 3 dated 1811.

Vol. 1: xx, 437, [1] p., [1], 22 folded leaves of plates; v. 2, pt. 1: ix, [1], 190 p., [7] folded leaves of plates; v. 2, pt. 2: vi, 128 p., [8] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: xv, 382, [2] p., 14 folded leaves of plates.

Pages 87 and 88 of v. 3 are actually folded leaves with tables; the first leaf of plates in v. 3 is an engraved dedication from William Faden to the Master-General and principal officers of the Ordnance.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T147629

An account of the trigonometrical survey, carried on by order of the Master-General of His Majesty's Ordnance.
An account of the measurement of an arc of the meridian, extending from Dunnose in the Isle of Wight, to Clifton in Yorkshire.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

QB296.G8 M8 1799 Cage

Red leather binding with gilded armorial stamp on upper cover, and marbled endpapers. Each v. has: label: Kenney Collection, shelf; bookseller's label: Angus & Robertson; and autograph: Jas. S[???] Ash.

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