COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
\kˈə͡ʊst and d͡ʒˌiːə͡ʊdˈɛtɪk sˈɜːve͡ɪ], \kˈəʊst and dʒˌiːəʊdˈɛtɪk sˈɜːveɪ], \k_ˈəʊ_s_t a_n_d dʒ_ˌiː__əʊ_d_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k s_ˈɜː_v_eɪ]\
Definitions of COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - Dictionary of United States history
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A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
By Noah Webster.
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The establishment of this important bureau was first contemplated in 1807. President Jefferson suggested it in his message to Congress of that year. Congress appropriated $50,000 for the survey. Nothing practical was accomplished until 1811. Then F. R. Hassler, an Englishman, was made chief of the survey and commenced operations near New York. Since then its work has progressed constantly, under Alexander Dallas Bache and other eminent engineers and organizers. It has been a bureau of the Treasury Department.
By John Franklin Jameson
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