كتاب
Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806
| العنوان: | Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806 Journal along the North East & South of Inverness-shire, ends at Fort William |
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| المؤلفون: | Nimmo, Alexander, 1783-1832. |
| بيانات النشر: | Dublin : Royal Irish Academy 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| وصف مادي: | xv, 192 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Cartography -- Scotland -- Inverness-shire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources., Cartographers -- Scotland -- Biography. |
| Subject Person: | Nimmo, Alexander, 1783-1832. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Inverness-shire (Scotland) -- Boundaries., Inverness-shire (Scotland) -- History -- 19th century. |
| الوصف: | Alexander Nimmo was Rector of Inverness Academy in 1806 when the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges employed him to survey the boundary of Inverness-shire with the adjacent counties. During his survey Nimmo kept a journal of his 'perambulation'. This book presents a transcription of this journal, along with significant historical commentary. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey and journal, 1806: the original manuscript and its transcription / Noël P. Williams -- Alexander Nimmo: Rector of Inverness Royal Academy / Robert Preece -- The Scottish Highlands and Ireland in the time of Alexander Nimmo / James Hunter -- A cartographical perambulation around Alexander Nimmo's Inverness-shire journal / Christopher Fleet -- On becoming an engineer: Nimmo's survey and his engineering career / Noël P. Wilkins -- The journal / Alexander Nimmo. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn726583278 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-904890-74-4 1-904890-74-1 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-182) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012798598.0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781904890744 1904890741 |
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