Great Trigonometrical Survey
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great-trigonometrical-survey-182-1923681
title:
Great Trigonometrical Survey
text:
The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India was a project that aimed to carry out a survey across the Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. It was begun in 1802 by the British infantry officer William Lambton, under the auspices of the East India Company. Under the leadership of his successor, George Everest, the project was made the responsibility of the Survey of India. Everest was succeeded by Andrew Scott Waugh, and after 1861, the project was led by James Walker, who oversaw its comp
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19th-century survey to measure the Indian subcontinent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Trigonometrical_Survey
date created:
2005-07-06T10:53:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T08:11:03Z
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