hydrographer
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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
The hydrographer drew a long breath and fingered the nuggets.
From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis
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
His father, John Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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 Wood, William Charles Henry
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
From that period until the steamer passed into p.201 the hands of the Imperial hydrographers, the history of the Beaver was that of most of the Company’s trading vessels.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
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