
1 9 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 11cm
Description
Plate taken from the summer, 1784 edition of 'Philosophical Transactions', a journal of the physical sciences and engineering. 'The Primary Triangulation of Great Britain' was a network of measured triangles across the country, to underpin the first general survey of the country. The network was checked in a number of places by setting up a baseline, several miles long, and comparing measured and calculated dimensions. The first line was used on Hounslow Heath, London, in 1784 by General William Roy of the Royal Engineers.
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