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102
a very good Frenchman
William Mudge to Richard Rosdew, 8 January 1805, cited in Flint, p. 133.

103
a young officer full of zeal
Jean Baptiste Biot to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, Ms 1056, p. 4, 4 July 1817. [
le capitaine Richard Mudge, jeune homme plein
d’activité
, de zele …
].

104
The French multiplying-circle
William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 45, 26 August 1802.

105
Any opportunity
Portlock, p. 69.

106
attached himself to Captain Colby
Portlock, p. 75.

107
the depression of English
Olinthus Gregory, ‘Vindication of the Attack on Don Joseph Rodriguez’s Paper in the Philosophical Transactions’, in Thomson, Thomas, III, p. 282.

108
attempt by a foreigner
Gregory, p. 29.

109
style quite new
Thomas Thomson, in Gregory, p. 57.

110
low abuse
Thomas Thomson, in Gregory, p. 69.

111
Has [Gregory] made any addition
Thomas Thomson, in Gregory, p. 70.

112
had the ice once been melted
Richard Mudge, cited in Portlock, p. 74.

113
the rocks of the ancient Thule
Colby, cited in Portlock, p. 77.

114
where there were just tents The Times
, 10278, p. 3, 16 October 1817.

115
One great disadvantage
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, cited in Close, 1969, p. 68.

116
see no Reason
Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, RS, CB1.1, f. 149, 12 January 1818.

117
Thomas Edmondston
See Jean Baptiste Biot to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, Ms 1056, 4 July 1817; Thomas Edmondston to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, X5 (E1), 22 September 1820.

118
warm hospitalities made up
Cited in Flint, p. 149.

119
I was very much helped
Jean Baptiste Biot to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, Ms 1056, f. 7, 4 July 1817. (The hand is obscure but it seems to read:
j’ai eté comblé de facilités et de [secours] pour mes opérations. Je n’ai trouvé partout que l’empressement le plus genereux, et le plus degagé de ces prejugés antisociaux, qui peut etre tirent souvent moins de force de la realité que des preventions de ceux qui les
supposent
.
)

120
the hope of facilitating
Thomas Edmondston to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, X5 (E1), 22 September 1820.

121
it is pleasing to observe
‘Literary and Scientific Intelligence’,
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
, 4, 1818, p. 237.

122
Kirby or Kolby
See Jean-Baptiste Biot to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, Ms 1056, 4 July 1817.

123
one of the officers serving
Cited in Portlock, pp. 75–6.

124
as the queen who gave up Calais
William Mudge, cited in Portlock, p. 82.

125
he resolved to spend the Christmas
Flint, p. 154.

126
subject to the hyp
Isaac Dalby to Thomas Colby, 5 February 1821, cited in Close, 1969, p. 42. For details regarding William Mudge’s death, see Flint, p. 154.

127
We are left in sorrow and reflection
Robert Dawson to Thomas Colby, cited in Close, 1969, p. 70.

128
the late celebrated and scientific The Times
, 10914, p. 3, 22 April 1820;
The Times
, 11366, p. 2, 2 October 1821.

129
such part of the Survey Caledonian Mercury
, 15435, p. 2, 10 August 1820.

1
used no interest
Thomas Colby to Arthur Wellesley, 20 June 1820, cited in Close, 1969, p. 83.

2
His Grace is now
Arthur Wellesley to Thomas Colby, 21 June 1820, cited in Close, 1969, pp. 83–4.

3
the charismatic chemist Humphry Davy
Close, 1969, p. 84.

4
very eminent Professor of Mathematics
Cited in Close, 1969, p. 83.

5
No man more so
Cited in Close, 1969, p. 84.

6
that is all I want to know
Cited in Close, 1969, p. 84.

7
a Gentleman well versed in Mathematics
Certificates of Election and Candidature, RS, EC/1819/35.

8
unceasing attention and liberality
See Anon, 1853.

9
His Grace appoints you
Board of Ordnance and Lord Raglan to Thomas Colby, 10 July 1820, cited in Close, 1969, p. 83.

10
the appointment of an officer
‘The Morning Chronicle’,
Morning Chronicle
, 15996, 3 August 1820.

11
most slovenly
Cited in Harley, 1971, pp. 95–6. See this article for further
information
about the Ordnance Survey’s mapping of Lincolnshire. Descriptions of Colby’s reforms can also be found in Wheeler, 2006.

12
the direction of [Lundy] Island
Ordnance Survey Letter Book, NA, OS 3/260, p. 112; cited in Harley and Oliver, VI, p. ix.

13
It was with extreme regret
Thomas Colby to Charles Budgen, Ordnance Survey Letter Book, NA, OS 3/260, p. 177; cited in Harley and Oliver, VI, p. ix.

14
to point out clearly
Compton, p. ii.

15
give[s] me great pleasure
Thomas Colby to Charles Budgen, Ordnance Survey Letter Book, NA, OS 3/260, p. 183; cited in Harley and Oliver, VI, p. ix.

16
the idea of tolerable error
Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 58.

17
in 1800 two Acts of Union
For accounts of the Anglo-Irish Union, see Brown, Geoghegan, and Kelly; Geoghegan; Girvin; MacDonagh; Smyth, Jim; and Stewart, Bruce.

18
a British engineer had suggested
Greville to John Foster, Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Foster/Massareene papers D207/48/1, October 1805.

19
the Irish survey bill
Cited in Close, 1969, p. 57.

20
the mapping of Ireland
For an exhaustively detailed study of the Irish Ordnance Survey, see Andrews, J.H., 2006. See also Ordnance Survey of Ireland; and Andrews, J.H., 1980.

21
some mode should be devised
Report from the select committee appointed to examine the copies of the grand jury presentments of Ireland, p. 4, HC 1814–1815 (283), vi.

22
for all purposes of navigation
Wakefield, I, pp. 3–7, cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 12.

23
a map would cost £200,000
See Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 33.

24
cultural nationalism
For a discussion of Irish cultural nationalism, see Hutchinson.

25
ensigns of empire
Wordsworth, 1979, p. 168.

26
William Petty
For discussions of Petty’s life and career, see Petty, 1769 and 1851; Barnard; and Fitzmaurice.

27
colourful and eccentric
Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 3. An interesting account of Vallancey’s surveying work can be found in O’Reilly.

28
the most disagreeable part
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006 (epigraph).

29
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Uglow offers a fascinating exploration of Edgeworth’s achievements. Colvin provides a briefer one. Andrews, J.H., 2006, pp. 5–6, describes his accomplishments in map-making.

30
William Roy’s Paris–Greenwich triangulation
See Edgeworth, pp. 116–17.

31
the first truly indigenous bid
Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 5.

32
native Irish cartography
Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 6.

33
as little-known as classical manuscripts
Thomas Aiskew Larcom to L.A. Hall, Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, Ordnance Survey Letters 566, 11 April 1849; and Thomas Aiskew Larcom, NLI, volume 7552, note dated 1862.

34
private individuals will
Thomas Spring Rice,
The Spring Rice Report
, H.C. 445 (1824), VIII, 79, 21 June 1824.

35
I was obliged to hold
Arthur Wellesley to Sir W. Knighton, 6 November 1824, in Wellesley, II, pp. 332–3.

36
cannot be executed
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 34.

37
appear extraordinary or ridiculous
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 37.

38
Initially twenty young men
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 36.

39
for further instruction Morning Chronicle
, 17141, 26 March 1824.

40
Charles Pasley
See Vetch, ‘Pasley, Charles’.

41
we are quite run over
Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 24 January 1813, in Austen, 2003, p. 198.

42
I am … much in love
Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 24 January 1813, in Austen, 2003, p. 198.

43
all the glories of
Austen, 2001, p. 152.

44
whilst we glory in the freedom
Pasley, p. 49.

45
military nation
Pasley, p. 456.

46
in spirit
Pasley, p. 182.

47
wherever we act
Pasley, p. 184 (note).

48
as good maps
Pasley, p. 180.

49
show[ed] him the proposed Course
Charles Pasley, Diary 1825–1826, BL, Add. MS 41984, f. 14, 23 February 1825.

50
the name Royal Sapper
Charles Pasley, Diary 1825–1826, BL, Add. MS 41984, f. 14, 20 February 1825.

51
seven years to map Ireland
See Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 71.

52
with a detachment
Derry Journal
, cited in
Caledonian Mercury
, 16180, 9 May 1825.

53
Major Colby, Director The Examiner
, 914, 7 August 1825.

54
head-quarters of his detachments The Examiner
, 914, 7 August 1825.

55
inveterate haze and fogginess
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 42.

56
the weather has been extremely adverse
‘Trigonometrical Survey’,
Belfast News Letter
, cited by
Caledonian Mercury
, 16399, 2 October 1826.

57
no young man
Cited in O’Brien, p. 9; cited in Palmer.

58
of great importance
‘The Heliotrope, A New Instrument’,
Gentleman’s Magazine
, 92: 2, p. 358, June – December 1822.

59
shaped into the form Caledonian Mercury
, 16332, 29 April 1826.

60
the brilliance of the light Caledonian Mercury
, 16332, 29 April 1826.

61
overpowering, and as it were
McLennan, p. 73; cited in Palmer.

62
is like the moon Caledonian Mercury
, 16332, 29 April 1826.

63
so that we may consider ourselves safe
Thomas Drummond, 28 October 1825, cited in Close, 1969, p. 74.

64
a storm of snow
Thomas Drummond, 4 November 1825, cited in Close, 1969, p. 74.

65
my tent is blown
Thomas Drummond, 4 November 1825, cited in Close, 1969, p. 74.

66
despair[ed] of success
Thomas Drummond, 5 November 1825, cited in Close, 1969, p. 75.

67
a very hurried intimation
Henderson to Drummond, 12 November 1825, cited in Close, 1969, p. 75.

68
a momentary ejaculation of anger
This anecdote is related in Portlock, p. 5.

69
though he could not again succeed
Portlock, p. 5.

70
buried or bottled up
Thomas Colby to Cornelia Hadden, 8 May 1840 and 28 May 1840; both cited in Close, 1969, pp. 94, 90.

71
William Edgeworth stepped in
See Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 27.

72
many of the parishioners
Cited in Day, McWilliams and English, III, p. 144.

73
every time they’d stick
Friel, 1981, pp. 11–12.

74
perhaps from a fear
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 43.

75
Bantry Common, in County Wexford
Cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 92.

76
a cairn revered by pilgrims
Cited in Day, McWilliams and English, XXXI, p. 57. See also John O’Donovan to Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 23 April 1834, pp. 54–6, in O’Donovan, 2001a.

77
in giving their [own] names
John O’Donovan to Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 6 August 1834, in O’Donovan, 1992, pp. 15–6.

78
people [were] not willing
Cited in Ó Cadhla, p. 136.

79
some people are afraid
John O’Donovan to Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 21 March 1834, in O’Donovan, 2001a, p. 10.

80
you have a great deal
John O’Donovan to Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 15 April 1834, in O’Donovan, 2001a, p. 39.

81
drudgery and labour
Cited in Ó Cadhla, p. 134.

82
they brought welcome trade
Andrews, J.H., 2006, p. 92.

83
the residents of Glenomara Dublin Evening Post
, 23 September 1828; cited in Andrews, J.H., 2006, pp. 43–4.

84
as precise and up-to-date
Thomas Colby, cited in Andrews, J.H., p. 44.

85
a complex amalgamation
For descriptions of Colby and Drummond’s ‘
Compensation
Bars’, see Andrews, J.H., 2006, pp. 45–7; Keay, pp. 103–4.

86
The Lough Foyle baseline
See Yolland.

87
annoyed and vexed
‘The Irish Trigonometrical Survey’,
The Belfast News-Letter
, 10165, 18 November 1834.

88
Where a difference of a few inches
‘The Irish Trigonometrical Survey’,
The Belfast
News-Letter
, 10165, 18 November 1834.