a
bureau of the U.S.
Navy Department which is
con cerned with
navigation and the mapping of the
world's oceans.
at the
time of this lecture, the US
government office which practiced hydrography, the
science of measuring, describing and charting seas, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, with
special reference to their
use for
navigation and
commerce. This name of this
office has since been changed to Oceanographic
Office.
the US
government office, at the
time of this lecture, which practiced hydrography, the
science of measuring, describing and charting seas, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, with
special reference to their
use for
navigation and
commerce. The name of this
office has since been changed to Oceanographic
Office.
the US
government office, at the
time of this lecture, which practiced hydrography, the
science of measuring, describing and charting seas, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, with
special reference to their
use for
navigation and
commerce. The name of this
office has since been changed to Oceanographic
Office. Because you
read in there-you
read in there, "The charts are put out by the Hydrographic
Office; they are twenty-one and a half inches by twenty-four and a half inches.