With compass and chain : early American surveyors and their instruments / Silvio A. Bedini.

xxvii, 774 p. :, 24 cm.

TA521 .B43 2001

Surveyors -- United States -- Biography., Surveying -- Instruments -- History., Surveying -- United States -- History.

Frederick, Md. :: Professional Surveyors Pub. Co., 2001.

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