So far I haven't found the exact book, but here's one from 1898 with similar spine marking also derived from Davies by another editor/author, and its ...

I'd guess before 1900, based on the original date on the preface of 1851, the style of transit, and the handwritten sketch dated 1896.

Would you care to expand upon that statement?

It's interesting how many are on the map who are not frequent posters.

If you get a lot more US people on the map, it might be good to reduce the plumb bob size (to half?). I see a member name showing up on the map which...

monumented by a mark on a sewer manhole lid Nothing keeps the lid from being replaced in a different rotation does it?

One of the most popular is Wolf and Ghilani. Editions come out every few years, usually with modest changes, so one or two editions back is nearly as ...

The poster's profile indicates Washington. For many issues the state or even city will affect the responses. In general once a boundary is marked and...

The subject reminds me of Jobo (Joe) Glidden, who was related to a guy who patented one of the most used patterns for barbed wire.

I think @rich-leu may also be a collector. Somebody whose name I recognized at the time some years ago had a display at the historical society, and al...

I can navigate okay. I tried a bunch of things, and can't add a marker. At one point (I forget the sequence) it asked if Surveyor Connect could reme...

Originally, pens were not reliable, leaked, and smeared if wet. Hard pencil was required so it left an impression in the paper, that could be deciphe...

There's been a lot of talk in this thread about how things are different in different states. The OP profile says he is in Wisconsin. He had a lot o...

Can't it be that "setback" is the actual distance, and there is a legally required minimum value for that distance?

Love that 2B. Wish I could buy it cheap. My GTS-2B has quit measuring distances. ?ÿ

I took typing in high school.?ÿ One of 2 guys in the class of girls who expected to become secretaries. I thought it might be useful for writing paper...

ROI might be more in education than jobs in a metes bounds state . Every state is a metes and bounds state. Some are only that, and others are that...

I grew up with chiggers in southern Iowa. Hate the sneaky things that you don't know got you until the next day and then a week of itching.?ÿ It depen...

If you will be working outdoors, familiarize yourself with the wildlife -- alligators, pythons, venomous snakes ... and various nasty plants , all the...