Search Results for "surveying"
Around the globe
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier reports on a new exhibition in the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris, a collaboration between the Académie des sciences and 蘑菇视频.
The lost theodolite
history of scienceWhat became of Jesse Ramsden鈥檚 'Great Theodolite鈥�, commissioned by 蘑菇视频 in 1784? Ainsley Vinall investigates.
Figuring the Earth
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier introduces the first international collaborative exhibition put on by 蘑菇视频 Library team, jointly curated with the French Académie des sciences.
Water under the bridge
history of scienceA survey carried out by John Augustus Lloyd for 蘑菇视频's Thames Levels Committee greatly improved our understanding of the river, as Jon Bushell discovers.
A song of Schiehallion
history of scienceVirginia Mills discovers how Royal Society Fellows Nevil Maskelyne and Charles Hutton calculated the density of the Earth using a Scottish mountain, at the cost of a bothy and a prized fiddle.