The History of the Retriangulation of Great Britain

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The History of the Retriangulation of Great Britain 1935-1962 is the definitive official account of the 1936 retriangulation.

It was published in 1967 and comes in two volumes. Volume 1 is a book of around 437 pages, including a number of photographic plates. Volume 2 consists of a box containing a number of maps of varying sizes.

Availability

Original copies of the book, especially volume 2, are difficult to track down, and would certainly auction for several hundred pounds.

A searchable PDF scan of Volume 1 can be downloaded from here (17MB)

The scanned diagrams from Volume 2 can be downloaded here (354MB)