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*[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.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b5b_22.pdf "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)
*[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.
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/amanualsurveyin00thuigoog#page/n4/mode/1up ''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 Archive.org
