Geodesy : the eastern oblique arc of the United States and osculating spheroid / by ChasASchott . .. THE MAIN TRIANGULATION. 113 field and in the office. This may l)e seen in the closing errors of the 52 trianj^les aswell as in the numerical constants of the 57 conditicMial equations. The first adjustmentof this triangulation, made in 1866 under the writers direction, avoided the heavy workof .solving simultaneously this large number of equations by dividing the whole workinto three parts, but in this it was decided to treat the adjustment rigorouslyas a whole. The new results, ho
Geodesy : the eastern oblique arc of the United States and osculating spheroid / by ChasASchott . .. THE MAIN TRIANGULATION. 113 field and in the office. This may l)e seen in the closing errors of the 52 trianj^les aswell as in the numerical constants of the 57 conditicMial equations. The first adjustmentof this triangulation, made in 1866 under the writers direction, avoided the heavy workof .solving simultaneously this large number of equations by dividing the whole workinto three parts, but in this it was decided to treat the adjustment rigorouslyas a whole. The new results, however, differ but slightly from the older ones. Thedirections in the new adjustment are corrected f(jr effect of altitude of the stationssighted, and the observations made at and upon Mount are now incorporatedinto the general scheme. Approximate heights 0/ stations alwve the average level of the Atlantic Ocean. Mtters. Hect. Meters. Feel. Humpback 451 I 480 Manomet 120 394 Mount *. 465 ? 525 Blue Hill 94 635 Mount Harris 3^^^ I 251 Beaconpole 167 54S Ragged Mountain 397 I 30
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