Charles Eliot, landscape architect, a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good (1902)
t. He soon learned to conceive fromthe contour lines the aspect of the land represented, as itwould appear on his line of approach. This practice culti-vated his perception of the main features of scenery, andmade easy his subsequent professional use of surveyors plansand contour maps. In yachting… … A Pier at Newport. The accompanying profile of the Mt. Desert hills, taken froman island lying about nine miles south of the Mt. Desertshore under Sargent Mountain, fairly illustrates the accuracy
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 · Landscape architecture
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