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Railroad surveying notes

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Description: The document consists of two pages of handwritten instructions about how to prepare maps as part of the process of surveying a railroad
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1883.
Call number: mssHM 53115
Creator: Perris, Frederick Thomas (1837-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The notes were removed from the Huntington's copy of an 1883 publication by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company entitled Instructions to civil engineers concerning surveying and construction. This copy was owned by Fred Perris and bears the call number RB 485096.
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A map to show the various Army camps, Airbases, and Naval bases at the start of World War II, and how the Union Pacific connected to many of them. Submaps: Union Pacific Railroad connecting lines over Atlantic Ocean; Union Pacific Railroad connecting lines over Pacific Ocean. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches [Cipher Book #1]

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24 pages; 15 x 9 cm. List of cipher holders on inside front cover. Handwritten instructions for use on t.p. verso. Added pages glued in. Cipher for numerals on back fly leaf.

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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches [Cipher Book #1]

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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches [Cipher Book #1]

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25 pages; 15 x 9 cm. List of cipher holders on front fly leaf. Instructions for use are handwritten and glued onto inside back cover. Added pages glued in. Cipher for numerals on back fly leaf.

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