The 2006 Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous will be held in Winston-Salem, NC on September 14-16, 2006. More information is available on the North...
Hello everyone, I'm seeking primary source, contemporary descriptions of surveyor's clothing in the 18th century, specifically for the period 1770-1790. One...
Scott, Not sure if this helps. Its caption is " Survey for William Few, Franklin Co.,Ga." 1784. Courtesy of the Georgia Dept. of Archives and history. I got it...
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Hi Scott, You would find help at two other yahoogroups. 18th Century Civilian RevList They have folks that have done extensive research on clothing of the ...
Scott I have a copy of a surveyor's notebook from 1764. He surveyed land in the eastern townships of New York opposite Crown point for a Conn. officer. It's...
Hi Scott, have you gotten much more information on this topic? I woudl be interested in a copy of the image you describe on that map. I need to make some new...
Dale, The referenced plat is known as the "Doodle" plat, and is well known among the Georgia Archives staff and other research circles. The plat has been ...
on 14/08/2006 01:40 PM, dloberger@... at ... Same here. Thanks Regards, Arnold <><><><><><><><><><><> Arrowhead Images <aepalmer@...> ...
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Were has most people bought their equiptment and books to do period Surveying? Or have most made their our stuff? If so, do anyone have any patterns to share...
George, I have purchased a lot of my equipment from Tesseract, located at Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Lots of real nice stuff but priced as good stuff. Always...
Bob, Do you happen to have their web site. I did a web search with no luck. George dancingbobd@... wrote: George, I have purchased a lot of my equipment...
This weekend marks the 225th Anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown. Web sites are: www.siegeofyorktown.org www.yorktown225.com On the United States side, the...
I recently purchased a Phelps-Gurley vernier compass. Unfortunately it does not have the box. If anyone has one that I could get pictures and measurments of, I...
Evan, If you cannot get your hands on a photo of a "Phelps-Gurley" compass box. Try looking for a box for a Gurley Compass as they are quite similar. Tim ... ...
Sorry I answered before looking at your photos. It is clear from the three objects in the photo that the middle position is as I guessed for a crosshair. Note...
It is unlikely that the middle position is for a field lens, though such an arrangement is possible and produces an erect image. The eyepiece would have to be...
... Thank you very much...that makes perfect sense. So, I'll add some crosshairs, but I guess I'm stuck with using an alidade that produces inverted...
... and have ... http://www.wscottsmith.com/scott/alidade.htm ... telescope, ... Galilean ... go, but ... missing, ... it make ... 20Smith\Application%20Data ...
Another wrinkle/helpful bit of information... I just discovered that a second insert exists inside the tube. I've now uploaded a photo of all four pieces to: ...
Scott, As previously claimed, the first insert is indeed for crosshairs, and teh second insert is an adjustable aperature. It was very common for alidades to...
Horsehair will not work it is too big and will look like cable once magnified. As early books state to replace a crosshair, "take one large brown spider...."....
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