A topographical engineer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Grieg specialised in topographical engravings, of which he published several volumes organised by place. From Wordnik.com. [Index of People] Reference
They show us also, incidentally, how careful she was herself to be correct in topographical and other statements. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends] Reference
Yes, though I can't recall a topographical instance right off, I know there have been a couple. From Wordnik.com. [Deja vu - locations and place names] Reference
According to Sasha, the only thing Mundy has in common with Leon Trotsky is what the great man called topographical cretinism. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
He remembered the name and recalled a topographical map of the region which he had looked at one day in Colonel Whittaker's office. From Wordnik.com. [With Hoops of Steel] Reference
Prof. headed this last party, and he took me as his topographical assistant. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
For topographical reasons it is very likely that the city of Megiddo was at Lejjoon. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
The difference across the Atlantic is not so much topographical or demographic as political. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Baldwin: Why We Have Culture Wars and the Europeans (Apparently) Do Not] Reference
Long, a topographical engineer in the United States Army, had made a journey to the Falls of. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
The view was extensive and their efforts were rewarded by obtaining much topographical information. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Also to Major M.C. Garber, assistant quartermaster; C.ptain S.S. Lyon, acting topographical engineer. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Esquire, to assist him in publishing his geographical and topographical maps of Upper and Lower Canada. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
All silver in her feathered finery as she flies over landscapes reduced in size like a topographical map. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Perch (Valentine's Day Challenge)] Reference
Alsatian had slipped a topographical map of the surrounding country between two of the plates in the basket. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Kazuo pulled out a topographical map and tried to make sense of it, but he had no idea which ridge they were on. From Wordnik.com. [Polar Bear] Reference
Green to travel eastward to some high red buttes, one of which they intended to climb for topographical purposes. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The third, the purely topographical, assigns each inscription its proper place among the ancient localities of Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Mr. Oltmanns recovered slowly from his wound, and has served since on topographical duty for the Army of the Potomac. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
For topographical purposes chiefly, let me give an outline of a few other journeys made about the same neighbourhood. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
"Before we begin with the new drill, we have to complete design and topographical studies," Mr. Sougarret said Monday. From Wordnik.com. [Chile Prepares for Long Rescue Effort] Reference
Earning its “t” designation, the 550t model includes detailed, three-dimensional topographical maps, as does the 400t. From Wordnik.com. [New hiking GPS devices: Garmin Oregon 550, Oregon 550t] Reference
At an adjacent device, called a "2. 5-D Display," you can display any point on Earth and get its topographical information. From Wordnik.com. [THE MIND OF AN INVENTOR] Reference
As to the local color of old St. Louis, both in its topographical setting and in its customs, I have also tried to be exact. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
This lamentable deficiency was remedied in great measure by recourse to topographical photographs taken from the captive balloons. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Davila, however, was looking for something she could recognize -- some building that she knew, some stream, some topographical formation. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
Outdoorsy fathers might like a handheld hiking GPS unit, which offer topographical maps, an altimeter, compass, and geocaching information. From Wordnik.com. [Father's Day 2010 Electronics Gift Guide] Reference
"Forty-foot waves down there," said Ed Walsh, a NASA scientist testing a new device that provides a topographical map of the ocean's surface. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Eye] Reference
It is a sort of circular track encompassing both banks of the Loire, and is, moreover, a thing apart from any other topographical division of. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
From Bath to Bristol is a dozen miles only, and the topographical characteristics change entirely, following the banks of the little river Avon. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Stephen W. Gibson, 92, a retired topographical engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, died July 8 at Heatherwood Retirement Community in Burke. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen W. Gibson, David Bryant, Peter Collins die] Reference
The system creates a "topographical map" of faces it captures and compares them to the 30,000 people in a database of crime suspects and missing kids. From Wordnik.com. [Science And Technology] Reference
The young topographical engineer continued in his arduous scientific labors, and thus contributed largely in the perfecting of that great national scheme. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
This map exhibited such details as country roads, streams, farmhouses, fields, woods, and swamps, and such other topographical features as would be useful. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The new topographical data shows a more complex moon than previously thought, one bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its turbulent early history. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Scientists Create Precise Moon Map] Reference
To counteract this source of derangement, the surgeon becomes the mechanician, and now, for the first time, he recognises the necessity of the study of topographical anatomy. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Designed to be used on-road, off-road or on the water, the Crossover is weatherproof, and can provide topographical and marine depth contours in addition to on-road navigation. From Wordnik.com. [2007 SEMA - Highlights of new portable GPS navigation systems] Reference
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