Historical information

William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 September 1966.

See Book 2 - Catalogue Number 4530

Physical description

Marbled card covered exercise book with brown tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on Astronomy and astronomical, geodetic, geights and distances, North Line Latitue, Lime, etc., problems . Headings include:
Astronomy
refraction
Correction for Semi diameter
Determination of True Meridian
Elongation Observation
Latitude
Determining the TIme
Convergence of Meridian
Barometric Measurement of Heights
Formulae
Latitude Observation
On the Division of Land
Calculations for Observations by a Single Altitude
Computations
Triginometrical Rations of Two Arcs