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Diagram of components, (left) internal components of the hypsometer. The mechanical systems are colored in red, and the casing is shown in a bronze color. (right) Replicated brass hypsometer (2020).
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During the nineteenth century, the European field of forestry was transmitted through expanding colonial empires and networks that sought to inventory and monetize overseas woodlands. Encountering new environments and terrain, the nineteenth century British Empire discovered that existing surveying and enumeration methods were poorly suited for col...
