History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 2 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal EngineersConnolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
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History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 2 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers
Connolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Sappers and Miners
The following table (p. 48), taken from Captain Yolland’s Sector Volume,
“shows in a condensed form the stations observed from, the period during
which the observations were in progress, the officer of royal engineers,
or non-commissioned officer of royal sappers and miners in charge of the
instrument, and the strength of the party; also the number of nights on
which observations were made, and the number of observations registered
at each station.”[52]
────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────
│ │ │ Officer or Number of Number
│Observations in progress. │non-commissioned Nights on of
Stations │——————- │——————- │ Officer Strength which Ob- Single
│ │ │ in charge of of the servations Obser-
│From │To │the Instrument. Sappers. were made. vations.
────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────
South Barule, │11 Oct., 1842│12 Oct., 1842│ Lieuts. Hornby 6 2 113
Isle of Man. │ │ │ and Gosset
│ │ │
Blackdown, │26 Nov. ” │1 Jan., 1843 │ Ditto 7 20 1087[53]
Dorset │ │ │
│ │ │
Precelly │11 Apr., 1843│10 May ” │ Lieuts. Hornby 5 17 674[53]
Mountain, │ │ │ and Luyken
Wales │ │ │
│ │ │
Forth Mountain, │29 May ” │17 June ”│ Lieut. Hornby 7 12 659
Wexford │ │ │
│ │ │
Hungry Hill, Co.│30 June ” │31 July ” │ Ditto 7 9 295[53]
Cork │ │ │
│ │ │
Feaghmann, Co. │14 Aug. ” │26 Aug. ” │ Ditto 7 9 395[53]
Kerry │ │ │
│ │ │
Tawnymore, Co. │ 2 Oct. ” │14 Oct. ” │ Ditto 2 7 294
Mayo │ │ │
│ │ │
S. End of L. │ 8 Nov. ” │15 Nov. ” │ Ditto 2 6 335
Foyle Base │ │ │
│ │ │
Monach, │16 June, 1844│3 July, 1844 │ Lieut. Gosset 5 10 180
Stornoway │ │ │
│ │ │
Ben Hutich, │ 5 Nov. ” │24 Nov. ” │ Ditto 6 10 480
Sutherlandshire│ │ │
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