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Henry W. Potts survey notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-33

Content Description

The student notebooks of Henry Potts (RPI Class of 1912) cover surveying classes and lectures. Two volumes from 1910 address pond surveys, differential leveling, triangulations, and vertical angles, as well as various mathematical computations and drawings of local rivers and ponds. The two other notebooks, both dated 1911, cover measurements and meter ratings of local ponds, tide gauge readings, level notes, and stadia readings.

Dates

  • 1910-1911

Creator

Extent

.2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository

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