An Account of the Measurement of Two Sections of the Meridional Arc of India: Bounded by the Parallels of 18° 3' 15"; 24° 7' 11"; & 29° 30' 48" |
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| Title | An Account of the Measurement of Two Sections of the Meridional Arc of India: Bounded by the Parallels of 18° 3' 15"; 24° 7' 11"; & 29° 30' 48" Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Author | Sir George Everest |
| Contributor | East India Company |
| Publisher | W.H. Allen, 1847 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2012 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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