scale line

Harrison's Hampshire 1788
Scale line

There is a scale line: 12 miles, chequered and numbered 1..12, with an inscription:-
English Statute Miles, 69 1/2 to a Degree.

From this line the map scale is:-
1 to 300000
From measurements of the positions of a sample of towns on the map the scale is about:-
1 to 370000
6 miles to 1 inch

Notes about scales.


Harrison's Hampshire 1788, contents
feature list
General index
Old Hampshire Mapped
Map HMCMS:FA1996.22