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==Sources==
==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.
*''Historical records of the Survey of India'' (Dehra Dun, 1945-58) 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. Also available to read online, refer below.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/trigonometrical_survey.htm  "The Trigonometrical Survey"] by FC Danvers (a transcript of an article, possibly that in ''Quarterly Journal of Science VII 1870''  pages 448-458)
*[http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/trigonometrical_survey.htm  "The Trigonometrical Survey"] by FC Danvers (a transcript of an article, possibly that in ''Quarterly Journal of Science VII 1870''  pages 448-458)
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waysandworksini02macggoog#page/n34/mode/2up "Great Indian Trigonometrical Survey"] from ''Ways and works in India being an account of the public works in that country from the earliest times up to the present day'' by G. W. Macgeorge 1894 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waysandworksini02macggoog#page/n34/mode/2up "Great Indian Trigonometrical Survey"] from ''Ways and works in India being an account of the public works in that country from the earliest times up to the present day'' by G. W. Macgeorge 1894 Archive.org
*''Records of the Survey Of India Volume XVII'' [http://archive.org/stream/1923MemoirOnMapsOfChineseTurkistanBySteinS/1923%20Memoir%20on%20Maps%20of%20Chinese%20Turkistan%20by%20Stein%20s#page/n1/mode/2up ''Memoir On Maps Of Chinese Turkistan and Kensu from the Surveys made during Sir Aurel Stein’s Explorations 1900-1, 1906-8, 1913-1915''] by Aurel Stein, Indian Archaelogical Survey 1923 (Trigonometrical Survey Office, Dehra Dun) [http://archive.org/stream/1923MemoirOnMapsOfChineseTurkistanBySteinS/1923%20Memoir%20on%20Maps%20of%20Chinese%20Turkistan%20by%20Stein%20s#page/n223/mode/2up Photographs], following page 208. Note this book/file  does not contain any maps. Archive.org
*''Records of the Survey Of India Volume XVII'' [http://archive.org/stream/1923MemoirOnMapsOfChineseTurkistanBySteinS/1923%20Memoir%20on%20Maps%20of%20Chinese%20Turkistan%20by%20Stein%20s#page/n1/mode/2up ''Memoir On Maps Of Chinese Turkistan and Kensu from the Surveys made during Sir Aurel Stein’s Explorations 1900-1, 1906-8, 1913-1915''] by Aurel Stein, Indian Archaelogical Survey 1923 (Trigonometrical Survey Office, Dehra Dun) [http://archive.org/stream/1923MemoirOnMapsOfChineseTurkistanBySteinS/1923%20Memoir%20on%20Maps%20of%20Chinese%20Turkistan%20by%20Stein%20s#page/n223/mode/2up Photographs], following page 208. Note this book/file  does not contain any maps. Archive.org
*''Historical Records of the Survey of India by Colonel'' R H Phillimore (late Royal Engineers and Survey of India) Archive.og
**[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolI#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume I 18th Century''] published 1945
***[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolI#page/n17/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolI#page/n351/mode/2up Biographical Notes] page 308, [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolI#page/n447/mode/2up Index], [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIi#page/n9/mode/2up Additional Volume  I corrections] (from Volume II), [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolI-Maps#page/n0/mode/2up Some of the maps] from Volume I
**[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIi#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume II  1800-1815''] published 1950
***[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIi#page/n23/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIi#page/n437/mode/2up Biographical Notes] page 376, [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIi#page/n529/mode/2up Index], [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n9/mode/2up Additional Volume I and II corrections] (from Volume III)
**[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume III 1815-1830''] published 1954 
***[http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n15/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n425/mode/2up Nominal Roll, Civil Assistants Bengal], page 370, [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n439/mode/2up Nominal Roll, Civil Assistants Madras and Bombay] page 384, [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n479/mode/2up Biographical Notes] page 422, [http://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol1-3/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVolIii#page/n579/mode/2up Index], page 517
**''Volume IV 1830-1843'' is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (as are Volumes I-III).


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Revision as of 08:15, 30 May 2013

Sources

  • Historical records of the Survey of India (Dehra Dun, 1945-58) 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. Also available to read online, refer below.

External links

  • "The Trigonometrical Survey" by FC Danvers (a transcript of an article, possibly that in Quarterly Journal of Science VII 1870 pages 448-458)
  • "The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in a Historical Perspective" by Rana Deb Roy Indian Journal of History of Science 21(1):22-32 (1986)
  • "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.
  • 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"
  • A pioneering institution [The Madras Survey School] by S. Muthiah 13 November 2002 The Hindu
  • "Science in British India" by RK Kochhar Indian Journal of History of Science 34(4) 1999 pp317-346 html version, original pdf includes information about Surveys . Page 329 (page 13 of the link) states 'Madras Observatory ran a surveying school from 1794 to 1810 to train teenager European orphaned boys as practical revenue surveyors'.
  • This India List post is about the training of boys from the Madras Male Orphanage in the Survey school from 1794.
  • William Edward Blyth born c 1818 had a career in Revenue Survey in the uncovenanted civil service Blyth Family History site.

Historical books online