Bernard J.S. Cahill
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B.J.S. Cahill (Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill, 1866-1944), cartographer and architect; inventor of the octahedral "Butterfly Map" (published 1909; patented 1913); early proponent of the San Francisco Civic Center (1899-1909); designer of the Columbarium of San Francisco.
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About Cahill:
- Bernard J. S. Cahill Collection, ca. 1889-1938 (Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California) There is also a separate collection at UC Berkeley, Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill Papers, (83/39), The Bancroft Library.
By Cahill:
- "Map of the World" (U.S. Patent 1054276 , 1913) Washington, DC: United States Patent Office, 1913-02-25; filed 1912-03-05
- "Geographic Globe" (US Patent 1081207, 1913: rubber-ball globe which can flatten to a Butterfly Map, or return to ball shape.)
- "Projections for World Maps" (1929) —continued in separate pdf:— "A New Map for Meteorologists: Equally Suitable for Small Areas, Continentsm Hemispheres or the Entire World" – both from Monthly Weather Review, 57/4, 1929-04) p. 128-133; illus.
- "One Base Map in Place of Five" (1940) Monthly Weather Review, 68/2, 1940-02, p.4; 1 illus.
