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A BOOK in English on map projections has long been needed, and the present work is a very welcome attempt to meet this need. It may be commended to all who have to deal with geographical questions, and to teachers of mathemathics and practical geometry who wish to find fresh exercises for their pupils.
Maps: their Uses and Construction. A Short Popular Treatise on the Advantages and Defects of Maps on Various Projections, followed by an Outline of the Principles involved in their Construction.
By G. James Morrison Pp. viii + 110. (London: Edward Stanford, 1901.) Price 5s. net.
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H., A. Maps: their Uses and Construction A Short Popular Treatise on the Advantages and Defects of Maps on Various Projections, followed by an Outline of the Principles involved in their Construction . Nature 64, 599–600 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064599c0
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