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TRIG/47
- Record Id:
- 040-003451016
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077420040.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/47
- Title:
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'Geodetic Survey of South Africa. Under the Direction of Sir David Gill.'
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises the following:
Volume III. 'Report on the Geodetic Survey of Part of Southern Rhodesia. Executed by Mr. Alexander Simms.' 1 volume of 146 pages. Includes pull-out folio 'Triangulation Plan Geodetic Survey Rhodesia', scale 1:1,000,000 and 6 pages of additional typed coordinates (2 of which are glued down). Dated 1905. (121/9; H2 A1; DS 300 A) [Not otherwise held at BL.]
Volume VI. 3 copies. 'Report on the Measurement of the Arc of the Thirtieth Meridian in North-Eastern Rhodesia. Executed by Dr. T. Rubin. Dated 1933. 1 volume of 123 pages. Includes pull-out folio Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3940 'Arc of 30th Meridian N[orth].E[ast]. Rhodesia', scale 1:1,500,000 dated 1933. One copy contains an inserted review, covering letter and editors' compliment replies (total 6 pages and 2 folios); a second copy contains typed notes on Southern Rhodesian coordinate and height datums dated 1948 (2 pages). (H-2-A-2; G1 A11; DS 2; DS 18; DS 300 A; DS 300 C) [Also held at C.S.D. 213.]
Proofs of Part of Geodetic Study of South Africa Volume VI. 12 folios. Dated 1933. Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink; 68 x 22cm. Also 1 original envelope retained.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003451016 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/47 : Geodetic Survey of South Africa. Under the Direction of Sir David Gill. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0047]/040-003451016
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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4 volumes, 14 pages, 17 folios and 1 envelope
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1905
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 1905-1948
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 28.0000,-21.0000,33.0000,-8.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 28°0’0”-E 33°0’0”/S 8°0’0”-S 21°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, pencil and crayon; 35 x 24cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- 121/9
AD 7
DS 1
DS 18
DS 2
DS 300 A
DS 300 C
G1 A11
H-2-A-2
H2 A1 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gill, David, Knight, astronomer, 1843-1914
Rubin, Tryggve, surveyor, 1874-1946
Simms, Alexander, surveyor, d 1918 - Places:
- North-East Rhodesia, Africa
South Africa, Africa
Southern Rhodesia, Africa - Related Material:
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An account of the Survey of the Arc of the 30th Meridian is given in:
- H.F. Rainsford, 'The African Arc of the 30th Meridian', Empire Survey Review 82 (1951) pp.159-163