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Excerpt from Geodesy
AT this busy period it is hardly needful to apologize for the preparation of an historic sketch of any of the sciences. The literature of each branch is becoming so extensive that only afew can take the time to study it through, and upon them is it incumbent to give to others resumes of what they read. In a subject like Geodesy, describing work prosecuted in many lands and at divers epochs, it becomes a difficult matter for even the few to succeed in exhaust ing the major part of its literature. It is my good fortune to possess the original reports of these operations a possession in which no library is a sharer, and therefore I have found it a genuine pleasure to present this sketch of Geodesy. It is simply a sketch: a critical his tory will be the labor of future years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
