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hopefuldave:
A bit like the speedometer on one of my motorbikes - I fitted different wheels, different speedo drive, I'm pretty sure it's now calibrated in kiloFurlongs per Fortnight...

Dave H. (the other one)

Jasonb:

--- Quote from: chipenter on November 20, 2015, 02:21:44 PM ---We used to survey the park by Croydon teck , and were told not to cut the flowers .

--- End quote ---

Did you also have to measure the height of the water tower with the theodolite? Looks like we went to the same college.

J

chipenter:
Did you also have to measure the height of the water tower with the theodolite? Looks like we went to the same college.

yes I remember the anchent instument took ages to set up and use , I was there fom 1966 to 1970 .

RussellT:
There's quite an interesting book called The Great Arc (about surveying India) which refers to these chains. 

Apparently they weren't accurate enough for the baseline surveys they wanted to do and they had to resort to other means (rods).

If you read it you'll also discover how to pronounce Everest.

Russell

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