Ordnance Survey of Scotland, Books of reference to the 25 inch parish maps of Scotland, Vol 62, Nairn to Rathven . LONDON:PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM STOTTISWOODE, PKINTER8 TO THE QtJEENg MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTT. FOR HER MAJESTYS STATIONERY Price One Shilling and Sixpence. [7412.—] I oo CO UJ CO OO. EXPLANATORY REMARKS. The scale of the Parish Plans is the 1-2500th of the actual length on theground, and is equal to 25*344 inches to a mile, or 3-157 chains to an inch,which is very approximated equal to one square inch to one acre, the square of1-0018 inch being eq
Ordnance Survey of Scotland, Books of reference to the 25 inch parish maps of Scotland, Vol 62, Nairn to Rathven . LONDON:PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM STOTTISWOODE, PKINTER8 TO THE QtJEENg MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTT. FOR HER MAJESTYS STATIONERY Price One Shilling and Sixpence. [7412.—] I oo CO UJ CO OO. EXPLANATORY REMARKS. The scale of the Parish Plans is the 1-2500th of the actual length on theground, and is equal to 25*344 inches to a mile, or 3-157 chains to an inch,which is very approximated equal to one square inch to one acre, the square of1-0018 inch being equal to one acre. The length of each sheet is l£ miles, and the width 1 mile, the area of eachsheet is therefore 960 acres. Each enclosure has a reference number to the area which is given in this Book. The Braces {J) on the plans are to indicate that the spaces so braced are in-eluded under the same reference number. The Altitudes in feet above the Mean Level of the Sea are written thus—31 4. The Scale of the Plans of the County is 6 inches to a mile, and each sheet con-tains the same area as 16 sheets of the Parish Plans. There is therefore a doublereference number to each sheet, as VI. 9., the Roman Numerals referring to theCounty Plans, the Arabic Figures to the Parish Plans. The dimensions of the sheets on the Six-
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