An Introduction to the Practice of Nautical Surveying, and the Construction of Sea Charts (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Practice of Nautical Surveying, and the Construction of Sea ChartsWith this view, I have ventured to o¿'er to the public a translation of the Treatise of the celebrated French hydrographer, M. Beautemps-beaupré, which was published at Paris, in 1808, under the title of Appendix to the Narrative of rear-a dm'ral Emmy Dentrecasteauz'e Voyage! The author, witho ut entering into a long detail of di¿'erent modes of surveying, and examining their respective merits, comes to the point at once, by giving an interesting statement of the methods he himself has adopted in the construction of his C hurts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.