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The solar compass, a surveying instrument that makes use of the sun's direction, was first invented and made by William Austin Burt. He patented it on February 25, 1836, in the United States Patent Office as No 9428X. It received a medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851.

compass surveying solar

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  1. http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/Manual/73man/id34.htm
  2. White, p. 367
  3. Burt, Key to the Solar Compass and Surveyor's Companion preface
  4. Fuller, pp. 175-193 William Austin Burt- inventor, by Horace Eldon Burt (Chicago) biography
  5. Farmer, p. 362
  6. Description of the Solar Compass , pp. 3-19
  7. A Key to the Solar Compass, and Surveyor’s Companion, pp. 9-11
  8. Ringside Seat, by James Allason, Timewell Press, London 2007.
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