Excerpt from United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. 23: During the Year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842; Hydrography Charing Cross, the Messrs. Molyneux, Parkinson and Frodsham, the Messrs. Dents, Charles Frodsham, Lloyd, and others, of England; Gam bey and Chevalier, of Paris; and the Messrs. Ertel, Meyer and Fraun hofer, of Munich, all took a most lively interest in executing the orders; indeed, this interest was equally participated in by many gentlemen, who, although they had been a long time waiting for instruments which were then constructing, came forward, and desired that their orders might be postponed or laid aside until the instruments required for the Expedition should be completed. It was under these circum stances that I was enabled to execute the duties assigned me to the satisfaction of the Government, and which enabled the Expedition to go forth sufficiently well provided for the duties that devolved upon it. The following is a list of the instruments procured, designating those in the several departments, as well as the names of those in whose establishments they were constructed, viz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.