Category:William Roy
English: Major-General William Roy FRS (4 May 1726 – 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain.
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1726 Carluke | ||||
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| Date of death | 1 July 1790 London | ||||
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Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Media in category "William Roy"
The following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total.
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Anglo-French survey of 1784-1790.jpg 6,729 × 3,457; 6.05 MB
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Carluke - geograph.org.uk - 122432.jpg 640 × 480; 143 KB
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Description of Laying Out Baseline Roy 1785 Plate 18.jpg 12,314 × 6,497; 19.63 MB
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Description of the Glass Rods Roy 1785 Plate 19.jpg 12,303 × 6,756; 24.23 MB
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Description of the Microscopic Pyrometer Roy 1785 Plate20.jpg 12,029 × 7,605; 28.98 MB
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Early Years of the Ordnance Survey Close (1926) 02.jpg 3,712 × 5,848; 4.47 MB
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Feltham, The General Roy - geograph.org.uk - 1162744.jpg 640 × 480; 85 KB
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General Roy Trig point - geograph.org.uk - 148690.jpg 640 × 480; 129 KB
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General Roys Baseline.jpg 909 × 742; 325 KB
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Major General William Roy Trigpoint - geograph.org.uk - 1208392.jpg 640 × 480; 103 KB
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Philosophical transactions (1785) (14579820389).jpg 3,048 × 1,320; 623 KB
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Plan Inchtuthil William Roy.png 1,074 × 775; 98 KB
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Plan of Hounslow Heath Baseline Roy 1785 Plate 16.jpg 15,806 × 6,002; 30.09 MB
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Rough.Castle.Antonine.Wall.jpg 1,800 × 985; 169 KB
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Roy - Burghead fort.jpg 530 × 800; 82 KB
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Roy 1777 Plate 15 philosophicaltra6717roya 0711.jpg 2,449 × 2,826; 561 KB
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Roy 1777 Plate 18 Triangulation of Snowdon and Moel Eilio philosophicaltra6717roya 0847.jpg 4,130 × 3,170; 1.82 MB
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Roy 1777 Triangulation of Snowdon and Moel Eilio 00907249 0159-0164.jpg 9,410 × 7,383; 26.6 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 01 Measurement of the Base with the Steel Chain.jpg 11,394 × 5,493; 12.34 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 02 Plan Showing Situation of Romney Marsh Base.jpg 15,673 × 6,097; 61.28 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 03 General View of the Instrument.jpg 4,594 × 7,804; 10.91 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 04 Section of the Instrument.jpg 14,676 × 6,190; 18.28 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 05 Various Parts of the Instrument.jpg 22,000 × 6,200; 30.48 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 06 Explanations of the Microscopes.jpg 15,868 × 6,189; 17.32 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 07 Various Articles of Machinery.jpg 9,959 × 5,973; 7.41 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 08 Stations in the Series of Triangles.jpg 11,838 × 6,170; 16.78 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 09 Triangles for Distance between Greenwich and Paris.jpg 15,793 × 8,024; 40.92 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 10 Figure of the Earth.jpg 14,000 × 6,200; 5.83 MB
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Roy 1790 Plate 11 Plan of London and its Environs.jpg 12,297 × 8,409; 7.01 MB
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Roy Grove Hampton - geograph.org.uk - 2651637.jpg 640 × 480; 125 KB
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Roy map of proposed triangulation between London and Paris, Published 1787.png 12,238 × 6,077; 28.5 MB
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Selgovae.william.roy.1793.png 748 × 503; 18 KB
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Steel Chain Roy 1785 Plate 17.jpg 11,101 × 6,002; 12.75 MB
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William Roy Plate XXIX Roman Station Camelon Antonine Wall.jpg 3,208 × 4,821; 4.19 MB
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General Roy Way - geograph.org.uk - 339268.jpg 640 × 498; 65 KB
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Site of General Roy's birthplace - geograph.org.uk - 504622.jpg 640 × 480; 111 KB
