Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 63
ed reward, and then entirely through the King 44 MAPS AND MAP-MAKING interfering directly on his behalf. Captain Cook carried apocket chronometer made on Harrisons principle in all hisfamous voyages round the world, and four of Harrisonschronometers are now preserved in the Royal… … Fig. 51.—Captain J. Parrys Chronometer.(From E.G.S. Collection.) and steel, has been introduced, in which the coefficient ofexpansion is so small that it is practically negligible, andthis metal is now being used in the construction of chrono- o meter balances, so that it is to be hoped that the…
Cartography · Surveying
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