General William Roy, 1726-1790: father of the Ordnance Survey
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST
OF
FIGURES
VII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IX
PREFACE
XII
PROLOGUE: A DINNER PARTY
FOR
CAPTAIN COOK
XV
1
FOUNDATIONS:
THE ACQUISITION
OF
KNOWLEDGE
AND
VALUES
1
CARLUKE:
THE
BACKGROUND
TO
A
CHILDHOOD
1
OFF
TO
SCHOOL AND OUT
INTO
THE
WORLD
6
IN
EDINBURGH
11
2
THE
MAP-MAKER:
DEVELOPING `THE
SOLDIER S EYE
22
THE
NEED
FOR
A
MILITARY MAP
OF
THE
HIGHLANDS
22
THE
SPECIFICATION OF
THE
GREAT MAP
27
IN
THE
FIELD
32
THE
SURVEYORS AND
THE
DRAUGHTSMEN
42
THE
LOWLANDS,
THE
COAST, AND
THE
RELEVANCE
OF ANTIQUITIES
47
PRODUCTS
AND
RESULTS
52
3
THE
MILITARY ENGINEER: RAIDS, RESOURCES
AND
FORTIFICATIONS
64
AN
ENGINEER
IN
ENGLAND
AND
RAIDS
ACROSS
THE
CHANNEL
64
IN
GERMANY
70
THE QUARTERMASTER
77
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
AND
IRELAND 82
A
WINTER
IN DUNKIRK
86
MAKING
PLANS:
FOR
A NATIONAL MAP
92
SUPPLIES,
LOGISTICS
AND ADVICE
96
INVASION
FEARS
AND COUNTERMEASURES
105
YIBLLOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
:
_Y
..
VI
GENERAL
WILLIAM
ROY, 1726-1790
4
THE ANTIQUARY
IN
THE
FIELD:
EMPATHY
WITH
THE
ARMY
OF
ROME 115
THE
LONG
WALK
AND
THE
FORERUNNERS:
GORDON
AND
HORSLEY
115
THE
BEGINNING
OF
FIELD
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND
CAPTAIN
MELVILLE S
QUEST
124
THE
SUMMER OF
1755:
STRATHMORE
AND
THE
ANTONINE
WALL
131
THE
REVIVAL
OF A
DORMANT
PASSION
142
THE
FORGER
AND
HIS
TRAP
149
THE
`DETACHED
PIECES
151
A
LEGACY
BEQUEATHED
153
5
THE
PRACTICAL
AND
SOCIABLE
SCIENTIST:
HYPSOMETRY
AND
THE
ROYAL
SOCIETY
168
A SCOT IN
LONDON
AND AN
INTELLECTUAL
HOME 168
HYPSOMETRY:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
A PRACTICAL RULE
174
ON
SCHIEHALLION
182
GREENWICH
AND
OTHER
COMMITMENTS
186
ARGYLL STREET
189
6
THE
GEODESIST: LARGE
TRIANGLES
AND
MINUSCULE
ADJUSTMENTS 202
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION
202
ON HOUNSLOW HEATH:
AN EXERCISE
IN
EXPERIMENTAL
PHYSICS
210
FORTIFICATIONS,
FEUDS
AND
FIRST
STEPS
IN KENT
220
WHILE
WAITING
FOR
RAMSDEN:
A
NEW
FAMILY
226
LINKING
BRITAIN
AND
FRANCE
230
LAST
DAYS,
IN LISBON
AND
LONDON
238
7
AFTERMATH
AND
LEGACY:
THE
BIRTH
OF
THE
ORDNANCE
SURVEY
250
OPERATIONS
RESUME
250
NON-CARTOGRAPHIC
LEGACIES
257
A
NAME
FOR
ACCURACY
AND UTILITY
260
APPENDIX 1:
CHRONOLOGY
270
APPENDIX
2: GENERAL
ROY S
INSTRUCTIONS
ON
RECONNOITRING
274
APPENDIX
3: GLOSSARY
278
LIST
OF
ABBREVIATIONS
280
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES
281
INDEX
296
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| adam_txt |
CONTENTS
LIST
OF
FIGURES
VII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IX
PREFACE
XII
PROLOGUE: A DINNER PARTY
FOR
CAPTAIN COOK
XV
1
FOUNDATIONS:
THE ACQUISITION
OF
KNOWLEDGE
AND
VALUES
1
CARLUKE:
THE
BACKGROUND
TO
A
CHILDHOOD
1
OFF
TO
SCHOOL AND OUT
INTO
THE
WORLD
6
IN
EDINBURGH
11
2
THE
MAP-MAKER:
DEVELOPING `THE
SOLDIER'S EYE'
22
THE
NEED
FOR
A
MILITARY MAP
OF
THE
HIGHLANDS
22
THE
SPECIFICATION OF
THE
GREAT MAP
27
IN
THE
FIELD
32
THE
SURVEYORS AND
THE
DRAUGHTSMEN
42
THE
LOWLANDS,
THE
COAST, AND
THE
RELEVANCE
OF ANTIQUITIES
47
PRODUCTS
AND
RESULTS
52
3
THE
MILITARY ENGINEER: RAIDS, RESOURCES
AND
FORTIFICATIONS
64
AN
ENGINEER
IN
ENGLAND
AND
RAIDS
ACROSS
THE
CHANNEL
64
IN
GERMANY
70
THE QUARTERMASTER
77
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
AND
IRELAND 82
A
WINTER
IN DUNKIRK
86
MAKING
PLANS:
FOR
A NATIONAL MAP
92
SUPPLIES,
LOGISTICS
AND ADVICE
96
INVASION
FEARS
AND COUNTERMEASURES
105
YIBLLOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
:
_Y
.
VI
GENERAL
WILLIAM
ROY, 1726-1790
4
THE ANTIQUARY
IN
THE
FIELD:
EMPATHY
WITH
THE
ARMY
OF
ROME 115
THE
LONG
WALK
AND
THE
FORERUNNERS:
GORDON
AND
HORSLEY
115
THE
BEGINNING
OF
FIELD
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND
CAPTAIN
MELVILLE'S
QUEST
124
THE
SUMMER OF
1755:
STRATHMORE
AND
THE
ANTONINE
WALL
131
THE
REVIVAL
OF A
DORMANT
PASSION
142
THE
FORGER
AND
HIS
TRAP
149
THE
`DETACHED
PIECES'
151
A
LEGACY
BEQUEATHED
153
5
THE
PRACTICAL
AND
SOCIABLE
SCIENTIST:
HYPSOMETRY
AND
THE
ROYAL
SOCIETY
168
A SCOT IN
LONDON
AND AN
INTELLECTUAL
HOME 168
HYPSOMETRY:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
A PRACTICAL RULE
174
ON
SCHIEHALLION
182
GREENWICH
AND
OTHER
COMMITMENTS
186
ARGYLL STREET
189
6
THE
GEODESIST: LARGE
TRIANGLES
AND
MINUSCULE
ADJUSTMENTS 202
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION
202
ON HOUNSLOW HEATH:
AN EXERCISE
IN
EXPERIMENTAL
PHYSICS
210
FORTIFICATIONS,
FEUDS
AND
FIRST
STEPS
IN KENT
220
WHILE
WAITING
FOR
RAMSDEN:
A
NEW
FAMILY
226
LINKING
BRITAIN
AND
FRANCE
230
LAST
DAYS,
IN LISBON
AND
LONDON
238
7
AFTERMATH
AND
LEGACY:
THE
BIRTH
OF
THE
ORDNANCE
SURVEY
250
OPERATIONS
RESUME
250
NON-CARTOGRAPHIC
LEGACIES
257
A
NAME
FOR
ACCURACY
AND UTILITY
260
APPENDIX 1:
CHRONOLOGY
270
APPENDIX
2: GENERAL
ROY'S
INSTRUCTIONS
ON
RECONNOITRING
274
APPENDIX
3: GLOSSARY
278
LIST
OF
ABBREVIATIONS
280
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES
281
INDEX
296 |
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