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Two reproductions of tracings lent to the War Office by the Hydrographic Department,...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/1068/4-5

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MPH 1/1068/4-5
Date
1910
Description

Two reproductions of tracings lent to the War Office by the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, in July 1910 and returned there in May 1912. (4) Drawing C1770-Je: 'Mediterranean Sea. Malta Island Calibrating Range Triangulation Sheet surveyed by Captain J. W. Combe, R.N. November 1906'. Scale: 11.65 inches to 3 sea miles [1:18,788]. Notes on construction of triangulation; table of triangles; description of stations. (5) Drawing B4408-Rg: 'Mediterranean Sea. Malta & Gozo Islands Triangulation Sheet by H.M.S. Stork 1893'. Inset: 'Base Triangulation'. Description of main stations; trigonometrical tables. (Sgnd) Morris H Smyth, Commander in charge of the survey. Red and blue ink additions give bearings. Dimensions of sheets: (4) 49 cm x 71 cm; (5) 34 cm x 60 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
Blueprints; (5) imperfect
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 2919, 2933.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9414713/

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