Kathiawar: Parts of Jhalawar & Machu-Kanta. Season 1872-73. Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.

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  • 912.5446
Summary: (Sheet No.21 of Kattywar.) ORTHOGRAPHY is in accordance with Hunterian system. CONVENTIONAL SIGN. Trigonometrical Stations & Points respectively Δ & ο or ό. Taluka Boundaries, Metalled roads, Country roads, Foot paths, Cultivation, blank. Edge of Cultivation, Waste,Pahlias or "In Memoriam " stones †. Numerals without an affix indicate Trigonometrical heights in feet above mean sea level; thus 365. Numerals with the affix H indicate the number of houses in the town or village whose name they are printed under, thus 472 H; with affix r they indicate the relative heights in feet of banks to beds of water courses, thus 12r. Summary: The Latitudes are referrible to that of Kalianpur Observatory viz. 24° 7' 11". Longitudes to Madras Observatory, taken as 80° 17' 21" Heights to Dangarwari H.S., 97.97 Ft deduced from Diu Tidal Observations. The most recent value of the Longitude of Madras Observatory is 80° 14' 20", vide Nautica Almanac for 1863 ; consequently all Longitudes in this map are liable to be diminished by 3' 1''Summary: Index to Numbers of adjoining sheets.
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(Sheet No.21 of Kattywar.)
ORTHOGRAPHY is in accordance with Hunterian system.
CONVENTIONAL SIGN. Trigonometrical Stations & Points respectively Δ & ο or ό. Taluka Boundaries, Metalled roads, Country roads, Foot paths, Cultivation, blank. Edge of Cultivation, Waste,Pahlias or "In Memoriam " stones †. Numerals without an affix indicate Trigonometrical heights in feet above mean sea level; thus 365. Numerals with the affix H indicate the number of houses in the town or village whose name they are printed under, thus 472 H; with affix r they indicate the relative heights in feet of banks to beds of water courses, thus 12r.

The Latitudes are referrible to that of Kalianpur Observatory viz. 24° 7' 11".
Longitudes to Madras Observatory, taken as 80° 17' 21"
Heights to Dangarwari H.S., 97.97 Ft deduced from Diu Tidal Observations.
The most recent value of the Longitude of Madras Observatory is 80° 14' 20", vide Nautica Almanac for 1863 ; consequently all Longitudes in this map are liable to be diminished by 3' 1''

Index to Numbers of adjoining sheets.