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Autore |
Danson Edwin <1948-> |
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Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America / / Edwin Danson |
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Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-119-14182-6 |
1-119-14180-X |
1-119-14181-8 |
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Edizione |
[Revised edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania |
Frontier and pioneer life - Maryland |
Surveying - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century |
Surveying - Maryland - History - 18th century |
Mason-Dixon Line History |
Pennsylvania Boundaries Maryland History |
Maryland Boundaries Pennsylvania History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 11 The Tail of Ursae MinorisNotes; Chapter 12 Fine Sport for the Boys; Notes; Chapter 13 From the Post mark'd West; Chapter 14 The Pencil of Time; Notes; Chapter 15 King of the Tuscarawa; Notes; Chapter 16 From Hence; to the Summit; Notes; Chapter 17 At a Council of the Royal Society; Notes; Chapter 18 Vibration of the Pendulum; Chapter 19 Not One Step Further; Notes; Chapter 20 A Degree of Latitude; Notes; Chapter 21 The Last Transit; Notes; Chapter 22 A Very Helpless Condition; Notes; Chapter 23 Finishing the Job; Notes; Appendix; Astronomy; Positions of the stars and planets |
First Point of AriesNutation; Apparent time; Mean time; Sidereal time; Longitude, Latitude, and the Shape of Earth; Longitude; Latitude; The meridian and north; Surveying Methods; The Tangent Line: 1761-1763; The Tangent Line: 1764; Setting the zenith sector; Equal altitudes; Setting out the West Line; Running the sections from the Susquehanna; |
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