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Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806
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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 ...
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.
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- edited by Noël P. Wilkins
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Royal Irish Academy
- ISBNs
- 9781908996510, 190899651X
- 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