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Historical Records of Survey of India - 18th Century

1945

From the detailed accounts of the work carried out the instruments and prfessional methods used and the details of organization financial control and terms of service we are able to observe the steady growth and consolidation of the department and the gradual application of improved methods and instruments to meet the requirements of good government. [...] At the former my most interesting find was a copy of Thomas Jefferys' Explanation of the Map of the -seat of the War on the Coast of Choromavtlel 1754 ; and at the latter a copy of Rennell'a Memoir of a Map of Himloostan 1st edit. [...] For the Trigonometrical Survey there are the fascinating works of George Everest An account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian...1830 ; and An account of the Measurement of two Sections of the Meridional Ara of _India... [...] It tells of the enthusiasm of a few for time improvement of geography' and for the unravelling of the mysteries of the unknown and also of the farsightedness of those who strove to put this survey business on to a sound. [...] It will tell of the birth of a Revenue Survey Department to provide professional control for such surveys and the start of the great Atlas of India compiled in London to cover the whole of India with a continuous map on a uniform scale based on the Great Trigonometrical Survey.
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Pages
457
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144372
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i R.H. Phillimore view
Frontmatter
i-xxiii R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter I. General Nerrative
1-9 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter II. Bengal Surveys to 1777
10-36 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter III. Bengal Surveys 1777 to 1794
37-i R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter IV. Bengal Surveys 1793 to 1800
55-i R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter V. Beyond the Earriers
67-85 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter VI. Madras Surveys to 1788
86-100 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter VII. Madras Surveys 1786 to 1800
101-119 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter VIII. Bombay Surveys
120-132 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter IX. Revenue Surveys
133-147 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter X. Astronomical Control Bangal
148-168 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XI. Astronomical Control Madras & Bombay
169-181 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XII. Professional Methods of Survey
182-197 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XIII. Survey Instruments
198-ii R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XIV. Maps of India
207-ii R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XV. Maps of Bengal
221-237 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XVI. Maps of Madras & Bombay
238-246 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XVII. Map Construction & Preservation
247-259 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XVIII. The Surveyor Generals
260-265 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XIX. Surveyors
266-273 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XX. Pay & Allowances
274-282 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XXI. Civil Establishment
283-290 R.H. Phillimore view
Chapter XXII. Inhabitants & Officials
291-i R.H. Phillimore view
Addenda & Corrigdnda
305-305 R.H. Phillimore view
Further Abbreviations
306-306 R.H. Phillimore view
Biographical Notes
307-400 R.H. Phillimore view
Index
i-xvi R.H. Phillimore view

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