Mapping, Measurement And Metropolis: How Land Surveyors Shaped Eighteenth-century Dublin

Synopsis

Part I: The Profession: 1. 'that Art Which Enables Us To Give A Plan' : Defining The Name Of And The Need For Land Surveying -- 2. 'taste, Ability And Good Connections' : Becoming A Land Surveyor In Eighteenth-century Dublin -- 3. 'very Great And Actual Labour' : Surveying Fees, Salaries And Costs In Eighteenth-century Dublin -- 4. 'the Public May Readily Judge' : Surveyors And The Media -- Part Ii: The Science: 5. Manufacture And Measurement: The Scientific Instrument Trade And Units Of Measurement -- 6. 'exactness Is Required' : Survey Instrumentation -- 7. 'this Unaccountable Attractive Virtue' : The Problem Of Magnetic Variation -- 8. Miscellaneous Surveying Instruments -- Part Iii: The Art: 9. 'with All The Accuracy In My Power' : Map Compilation And Copying -- 10. 'to Convey A Correct And Statistical Representation' : Printing, Manuscripts And Consumer Demands -- 11. 'please The Fancy Of The Draftsman' : Decorative Features In Dublin Period Mapping -- 12. 'much Nearer The Truth Than Imagined' : Geographical Referencing And Area Calculation -- Part Iv: The City: 13. Charles Brooking : Dublin In 1728 -- 14. John Rocque : Dublin In 1756 -- 15. Eighteenth-century Dublin City Estates : Urban Metamorphosis Through Mapping -- 16. Dublin City Surveyors, 1679-1828 -- Part V: The Future: 17. 'to Remedy Some Of Those Inconveniences' : Surveying And The Wide Streets Commission, 1758-1810 -- 18. 'distances Are Of So Great Importance' : Surveying And Transportation -- 19. 'from Thence To The Quays' : Charts Of Dublin Bay And Harbour, 1671-1803. Finnian Ó Cionnaith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.