An Account of the Measurement of Two Sections of the Meridional Arc of India: Bounded by the Parallels of 18o 3' 15" ; 24o 7' 11" ; & 29o 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 18o 3' 15" ; 24o 7' 11" ; & 29o 30'48" |
| Author | Sir George Everest |
| Contributor | East India Company |
| Publisher | W.H. Allen, 1847 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2012 |
| Length | 451 pages |
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