hydrographer
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hydrographers
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His injuries, along with his work as a government hydrographer, exempted him from military duty during World War II.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2020
Her holdings feature items dating back to the 17th century, and include 18th-century works by the French hydrographer and philosopher Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2019
A generation later, Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort orchestrated one of the greatest mapping exercises ever attempted.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
“In terms of cruise ships, more and more are going in the Arctic,” says Denis Hains, the hydrographer general of Canada.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017
"Still I don't see the miraculous significance," said the hydrographer.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power hydrographers reported snowpack in the Eastern Sierra to be 24% of normal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Cartier, Jacques, in the Gulf, 16, 46; compared with modern hydrographers, 47, 177; his ship, 48-9.
From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by William Charles Henry Wood
Again, the form, the size, and the inclination of the noble massif are wrongly laid down by the hydrographers.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Hydrographers—as, for example, Sir John Murray, K.C.B.—would return a different answer, and it is clear that hydrographers ought to know something about water.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
These analogous facts appear to me well worthy of the attention of hydrographers.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
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