Surveying Collection (page 2)

Fuegians going to trade with Patagonians in Zapallos

Practical Geometry by Allain Manesson Mallet
" Practical Geometry" by Allain Manesson Mallet. Fol. 85 depicting the surveying of fields (1702). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240 - 1312); BOYSSET, Bertrand (1355-1415). Surveying treaty. 1250 - 1312. Surveying and demarcation of land. Illustration of Boysset. Ms 327 fol.28r. Gothic art

Ufos / Hall / Boise
At Boise, Idaho, surveyor E G Hall sees a UFO through his surveying instrument Date: 20 February 1948

View of San Francisco, California: taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850, by Wm. B. McMurtrie, draughtsman of the U.S. Surveying Expedition. Date c1851

Defending Law and Order
Generals Cavaignac and Lamoriciere ride through the streets of Paris, surveying the damage and debating how to deal with the insurrection. Date: 22 June 1848

World War Two Bomb Damage
A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

French Survey Algeria
The French whilst surveying the Sahara, stop for refreshment at an oasis Date: 1906

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting

Cavaignac in Paris
Cavaignac, in charge of maintaining order in Paris, tours the city with Lamartine, Pierre Napoleon (son of Lucien) and their entourage, surveying the damage

The Civil war in America; aftermath of the battle at Fort Wa
Confederate soldiers surveying the damage after the battle at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. The Black regiment of the 54th Massachusetts lost 40% of their men here on the 18th July 1863. Date: 1863

Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Interior of the old
British soldiers surveying the damage to the old fort at Rorkes Drift, where 137 British soldiers held out against 3, 000 zulus at the beginning of the Zulu wars

Gold at Monte Rosa 2
Surveying the valleys

Mathematicians
Two scholars use a mathematical device, perhaps to help them in some surveying or astronomical calculations

Tierra Del Fuego
A surveying party of British sailors from HMS Nassau are attacked by natives of Tierra del Fuego, which is divided between Argentina and Chile

Surveying with a Compass
Surveying with a mounted compass

A theodolite, used for surveying

Social / Ludgate 1931
A policeman crouches on a stand whilst surveying the traffic at Ludgate Circus, London

Theodolite for Survey
A dapper surveyor and his fine theodolite

Rail Surveying Canada
Surveying for a new railway line through the Canadian Rockies

Surveying Aussie Rail
Surveyors in a camel-drawn carriage reconnoitre the route for the trans-continental railway which will cross central Australia

Surveying Panama Canal
Surveying under difficulties : the terrain is rough and densely covered, jungle in some places, swamp in others

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