File:Calcutta Baseline 1832.jpg
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| Description | Great Trigonometrical Survey measurement of the Calcutta baseline in 1832 by George Everest. The engraving is based on a sketch by James Prinsep. It shows a Ramsden chain being set on coffers supported by pickets. The tent is to avoid expansion due to heat. The boning telescope is used to align the links of the chain. |
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| Source | Reprint in Historical records of the survey of India. Volume 4. 1830-1843 by R.H. Phillimore. (1954) |
| Author | Sketch by James Prinsep |
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