In the 17th and 18th centuries the principal instrument of the navigator at sea was the Davis quadrant, also known as English quadrant,…
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04.11.2009
Surveyor of the Public Domain – A Portrait of William Pelham
William Pelham held office as the first Surveyor General of New Mexico from 1854 until 1860. His tenure has been examined by Victor…
04.11.2009
The Square of Pegasus
The accuracy to which todays surveyors locate a point on the surface of the globe, and the speed with which precise measurements are…
04.11.2009
Surveyors Peak
Bring me men to match my mountains… Sam Foss Somebody once wrote that surveyors are remembered only by the monuments which they themselves…
04.11.2009
Obituary for Bob Stephenson
Good Afternoon, My name is Fred Roeder. I am a retired surveyor and I live in Tularosa. There is an expression in surveying…
04.11.2009
The New Mexico Notch
In writing about the boundaries of our state in previous columns I concerned myself primarily with the surveys, which put these lines on…
04.11.2009
A Surveyor’s Mythology
A Surveyor’s Mythology I claim the stars high in your heaven, Zeus. Cassiopeia’s chair, Orion’s faithful hound. Arcturus, Leda’s twins, and Betelgeuse, Are…
04.11.2009
Boundary Monument No. 1
Where the Great River of the North has cut through the narrow between the Franklin Mountains of Texas and New Mexico’s Sierra de…
04.11.2009
Guadalupe Miranda
The Historical Society of New Mexico was founded by a group of New Mexico citizens in Santa Fe on December 26, 1859. At…
04.11.2009
Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco
The name Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco is better known amongst art historians than amongst surveyors. As an 18th century Santa Fe artist,…
