Before revision: The origins of NOAA Research date back more than 200 years with the creation of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson .
After revision: The origins of NOAA Research date to the creation of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 and to the creation in 1841 of the United States Lake Survey(renamed the United States Coast Survey in 1836 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878) by President Thomas Jefferson .