scale

Paterson's Hampshire 1785-93
Miles Daniel Paterson's road maps of Hampshire have no scale line or other formal indication on the maps. The scale is implied by the markings on the roads.
Scale The map scale may be estimated by measuring miles along the roads. Only straightish segments are measured, the many measurements are averaged to calculate a scale.

The strip map scale is, assuming a modern statute mile, about:-
1 to 180000
3 miles to 1 inch
The measurements made are listed below, mm per mile segment.


     pl.45     pl.46     pl.61     pl.62

       6.8       8.1       8.9       8.3
      16.6 (2)   8.3       8.1       9.1
      10.0       8.5       8.5       34.1 (4)
      28.2 (3)  17.1 (2)   9.1 
      26.1 (3)   8.5       26.2 (3)
       8.6                 8.8 
       8.1                18.0

     total 294.0mm = 33 miles, gives scale 1 to 180641. 
     The map scale is about:
          scale 1 to 180000
          3 miles to 1 inch

Paterson's Hampshire 1785-93, contents
General index
Old Hampshire Mapped