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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abc_47.pdf "Making Mountains out of Molehills?  George Everest and Henry Barrow 1830-39"] by Jane Insley ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 30 (1) 1995, pages 47-55. Henry Barrow was the first Mathematical Instrument Maker chosen by George Everest  to set up and run a workshop for the repair of defective equipment for the Survey of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abc_47.pdf "Making Mountains out of Molehills?  George Everest and Henry Barrow 1830-39"] by Jane Insley ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 30 (1) 1995, pages 47-55. Henry Barrow was the first Mathematical Instrument Maker chosen by George Everest  to set up and run a workshop for the repair of defective equipment for the Survey of India.
*[http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/L_0053.HTM Land Surveys]    Banglapedia (National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh). It is stated "The objectives of the revenue survey were to make accurate maps of the village boundaries and, sometimes, of the estate boundaries, showing topographical details, compiling certain statistical data for general administrative purposes, and making maps (usual scale: 4 inches = 1 mile and 1 inch = 1 mile) of each village and pargana"
*[http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/L_0053.HTM Land Surveys]    Banglapedia (National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh). It is stated "The objectives of the revenue survey were to make accurate maps of the village boundaries and, sometimes, of the estate boundaries, showing topographical details, compiling certain statistical data for general administrative purposes, and making maps (usual scale: 4 inches = 1 mile and 1 inch = 1 mile) of each village and pargana"
 
*[http://www.annapizzey.ic24.net/blyth%20data/d62.htm William Edward Blyth] born c 1818 had a career in Revenue Survey in the [[Indian Civil Service#Records|uncovenanted civil service]] Blyth Family History site.
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tE41AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1  ''A manual of surveying for India, detailing the mode of operations on the revenue surveys in Bengal and the North-western provinces''] by Ralph Smyth and  Henry Edward Landor Thuillier 1851 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tE41AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1  ''A manual of surveying for India, detailing the mode of operations on the revenue surveys in Bengal and the North-western provinces''] by Ralph Smyth and  Henry Edward Landor Thuillier 1851 Google Books

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Sources

  • Historical records of the Survey of India (Dehra Dun, 1945-48) by Reginald Henry Phillimore. Comprises 5 volumes. Available on open shelves at British Library shelfmark OIR.354.54. Includes biographical notes of persons involved in the geographical and historical survey of India (the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India) from 1777 to 1843.

External links

Historical books online