Testimony Before the Joint Commission to Consider the Present Organizations of the Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department: With a View to Secure Greater Efficiency and Econommy of Administration of the Public Service in Said BureausU.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - 1141 pages |
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... executed . He is authorized to print , on request of the chiefs of divisions - when ap- proved by the Chief Signal Officer - such orders , instructions , blanks , & c . , as are re- quired for current use , delivering the same when ...
... executed . He is authorized to print , on request of the chiefs of divisions - when ap- proved by the Chief Signal Officer - such orders , instructions , blanks , & c . , as are re- quired for current use , delivering the same when ...
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... execution of a primary triangulation across the continent to form a geodetic connection between the Atlantic and ... execute the entire mensuration system re- quired , and suggests such consolidation under the Coast and Geodetic Survey ...
... execution of a primary triangulation across the continent to form a geodetic connection between the Atlantic and ... execute the entire mensuration system re- quired , and suggests such consolidation under the Coast and Geodetic Survey ...
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... execution of a trigonometrical network over the whole country ( as a basis for all economic or property surveys and maps ) , and likewise all accurate topographical surveys . The requisite co - operation in the plans and execution of ...
... execution of a trigonometrical network over the whole country ( as a basis for all economic or property surveys and maps ) , and likewise all accurate topographical surveys . The requisite co - operation in the plans and execution of ...
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... executed from one base - line with sufficient accuracy . The distance between base- lines should be about 200 miles . in order that the triangulation of one may check that of the other . Should the work be extended to a great distance ...
... executed from one base - line with sufficient accuracy . The distance between base- lines should be about 200 miles . in order that the triangulation of one may check that of the other . Should the work be extended to a great distance ...
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... executed , scientific principles and methods must be observed ; but such works chiefly involve problems of ap- plied science . The second class of operations in which the Government of the United States , like all other civilized ...
... executed , scientific principles and methods must be observed ; but such works chiefly involve problems of ap- plied science . The second class of operations in which the Government of the United States , like all other civilized ...
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accuracy amount appropriation Army assistants Bureau cadastral surveys CHAIRMAN charge charts Chief Signal Officer civil civilian clerks Coast and Geodetic Coast Survey Commission completed Congress cost determined director disbursing division duty employed enlisted examination executed expense extended fact Fort Myer geodesy Geodetic Survey geologic map Geological Survey geologists Government HALE Hazen HERBERT hydrographic institutions instruction investigation land Lieutenant Greene lines LOWRY Major POWELL ment meridian meteorological methods miles military month Myer naval officers Navy Department necessary observations operations organization paleontology parties points predictions prepared present Professor HILGARD published purposes question received relation respectfully scale scientific Secretary Secretary of War Sergeant Harrison sheets Signal Corps Signal Service square mile statement stations Superintendent telegraph tion topographic maps topographic survey tornadoes Treasury triangulation troy pound United vessels Washington weather