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SIR GEORGE EVEREST AND SURVEY OF INDIA

by Mary M. Root

The highest mountain in the world is named for a surveyor, Colonel Sir George Everest.  It is a fitting tribute to the man who, for more than twenty-five years and despite numerous hardships, prevailed in surveying the longest are-of-the-meridian ever accomplished at the time.  The Great Trigonometrical Survey India, begun at Cape Comorin in 1806 by William Lambton, would then run almost 2,400 kilometers north to the Himalayas, extending over 20 along the meridian.  During this tremendous undertaking, Everest was relentless in his pursuit of accuracy.  To that end, he made countless adaptations to the surveying equipment, methods, and mathematics in order to minimize problems specific to the Great Survey:  immense size and scope, the terrain, weather conditions, and the desired accuracy.

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