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Excerpt from The Topography of Rome and Its Vicinity, Vol. 1 of 2
The triangulation was constructed by means of a small sextant, made by Berge, the successor of Ramsden. The base, of more than eight miles, which Boscovich' and Le Maire had mea sured from the tomb. Of Caecilia Metella to a column near Frattocchie, served for the scale.
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