The Coast and Geodetic Survey: Its History, Activities and OrganizationJohns Hopkins Press, 1923 - Počet stran: 107 |
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... necessary instruments and other facilities , no work was undertaken at once , but on July 27 , 1811 , Hassler was engaged to proceed to Europe to procure the neces- sary instruments , many of which had to be specially made . He was ...
... necessary instruments and other facilities , no work was undertaken at once , but on July 27 , 1811 , Hassler was engaged to proceed to Europe to procure the neces- sary instruments , many of which had to be specially made . He was ...
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... necessary to have some means of determining the exact position of the vessel at the time of such measurement . The first need of the hydrographer therefor , in making his survey is a projection or outline map showing the meri- dians and ...
... necessary to have some means of determining the exact position of the vessel at the time of such measurement . The first need of the hydrographer therefor , in making his survey is a projection or outline map showing the meri- dians and ...
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... necessary for locating his position . 2. Offshore hydrography , when the surveying vessel starts at a known point situated at the limit of visibility of objects on shore , proceeds seaward the necessary distance , and returns shoreward ...
... necessary for locating his position . 2. Offshore hydrography , when the surveying vessel starts at a known point situated at the limit of visibility of objects on shore , proceeds seaward the necessary distance , and returns shoreward ...
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... necessary to know the location of the dangerous shoal areas over the entire harbor , and surveys were made accordingly . With the introduction of steam vessels and the increase of draft which now requires a depth of forty feet for some ...
... necessary to know the location of the dangerous shoal areas over the entire harbor , and surveys were made accordingly . With the introduction of steam vessels and the increase of draft which now requires a depth of forty feet for some ...
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... necessary results can be obtained at small cost . Continuous currents which flow in one direction require observa- tions extending over a much longer period than tidal currents , in order to include the effects of varying weather ...
... necessary results can be obtained at small cost . Continuous currents which flow in one direction require observa- tions extending over a much longer period than tidal currents , in order to include the effects of varying weather ...
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41 Stat activities administration Alaska annual appointed appropriations for sundry astronomic astronomic transit Atlantic azimuths Bureau charge charts Chief of Division Chief of Section civilian Clerk Coast and Geodetic Coast Pilot Coast Survey commissioned officers computations Cong Congress coöperation Department of Commerce determined Director duty Electrotype employees engraved field parties fiscal year ending furnish geodetic engineers Geodetic Survey Geological Survey Govt harbor Hassler hydrographic and geodetic hydrographic and topographic hydrographic surveys instruments Islands Laborer Lighthouses lines longitude magnetic observations maps Marine Corps measured ment meridian National nautical charts navigation Navy Department notices to mariners operations organization Pacific coast Pay and allowances personnel precise leveling precise triangulation President relative rank Secretary of Commerce Section Chief sess shoals shore soundings sundry civil expenses Superintendent tidal observations tide tables transfer traverse Treasury Department U. S. Coast United States Coast vessels Washington
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Strana 81 - An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes...
Strana 1 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic ocean, excepting such islands as now are or heretofore have been within the limits of...
Strana 94 - EXPLANATORY NOTE The bibliographies appended to the several monographs aim to list only those works which deal directly with the services to which they relate, their history, activities, organization, methods of business, problems, etc. They are intended primarily to meet the needs of those persons who desire to make a further study of the services from an administrative standpoint. They thus do not include the titles of publications of the services themselves, except in so far as they treat of the...
Strana 81 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Strana 61 - They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivision. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem of classifying and standardizing personnel and compensation. Collectively, they make it possible to determine the number and location of organization divisions of any particular kind as, for example, laboratories, libraries blueprint rooms, or any other kind of plant possessed by the national government, to what services they are...
Strana 61 - These outlines are of value not merely as an effective means of making known the organization of the several services. If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration. They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans...
Strana 80 - Labor, be, and the same hereby are, transferred from the Department of Commerce and Labor to the Department of Labor, and the same shall hereafter remain under the jurisdiction and supervision of the last-named department.
Strana 76 - An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine...
Strana vii - ... entire business world. The operations of the government affect the interest of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United States. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. Its gross expenditures amount to billions annually. Including the personnel of the military and naval establishments, more than half a million persons are required to do the work imposed by law upon the executive branch of the government....
Strana 87 - For continuing magnetic observations and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States...
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