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from The Century Dictionary.
- Notes made in the field: as, the field-notes of a naturalist.
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The following extract is from the "General Description" in the field-notes of the survey in 1872 of the base line of the public surveys in New Mexico by United States Deputy Surveyor Willison, taken from the original notes on file at the United States Surveyor General's office at
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Washington, with all the enthusiasm of ardent youth, paid it glowing encomiums in his field-notes of the
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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_G_, not having my field-notes with me at the time.
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I have camped out when the thermometer showed 65 degrees of frost; not - 65°, as I see I once put it by a mistake in copying my rough field-notes.
The Big-Horn Sheep 1896
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Davies had some topographical work to do, it soon transpired, for the lieutenant-general wanted certain maps made of the Bad Lands traversed during the campaigns of the two years, and the Gray Fox recommended the silent, observant young graduate, whose field-notes had proved so accurate and complete.
Under Fire Charles King 1888
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These, when completed, are to be fully illustrated by a series of plans and drawings now being prepared from the field-notes and other material.
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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-- A portion of our baggage, with our field-notes and observations, and several instruments, were left at the fort.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Hello all: I have a copy of a very old (1850's) set of field-notes for a survey of an entire Township.
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I have a copy of a very old (1850's) set of field-notes for a survey of an entire Township.
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a good deal of trouble in getting sights with the theodolite, and it became part of his future programme to devote the "impossible" days to plotting data, writing up field-notes, and making geological collections.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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