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Oct n 10 p 612-614: History of surveying; development from days of Egyptian " rope stretchers" to invention of transit; methods and tools of ancient times; "dioptra" of Greeks and "groma" and "chorobates" of Romans. Nov n 11 p 661-664: Development of modern instruments through contributions of Diggs, Lippershey, Gascoigne, Praetorius, Vernier, Thevenot, and Ramsden.
Oct n 10 p 612-614: History of surveying; development from days of Egyptian " rope stretchers" to invention of transit; methods and tools of ancient times; "dioptra" of Greeks and "groma" and "chorobates" of Romans. Nov n 11 p 661-664: Development of modern instruments through contributions of Diggs, Lippershey, Gascoigne, Praetorius, Vernier, Thevenot, and Ramsden.
Surveying in ancient times
Civ Eng (NY)
Rayner, W.H. (author)
1939
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