Frank, It may be a surveying party for the triangulation of India: a square of four corners, with three sides being sufficient for signaling between the four stations. At those distances I suspect that only the heliograph could be observed with a theodolite during the daytime.
Gordon At 12:47 PM 6/23/99 , you wrote: >Maybe somebody can remember more of Kipling's poem referred to earlier >than I can. Or even the title. It was about India, I'm fairly sure. >Part went something like: > >Are you there, are you there, are you there? >Three sides of a ninety mile square, >With a helio winking like fun in the sun, >Are you there, are you there, are you there? Gordon Uber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reynen & Uber Web Design http://www.ubr.com/rey&ubr/ Webmaster: Clocks and Time http://www.ubr.com/clocks/
