03385nam 2200733 450 991082115980332120231201161159.01-119-14182-61-119-14180-X1-119-14181-8(CKB)3710000000635796(EBL)4499568(SSID)ssj0001647052(PQKBManifestationID)16415193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001647052(PQKBWorkID)14971278(PQKB)10923783(PQKBManifestationID)16422347(PQKB)20334270(MiAaPQ)EBC4499568(DLC) 2016002908(Au-PeEL)EBL4499568(CaPaEBR)ebr11202151(CaONFJC)MIL913560(OCoLC)946787599(EXLCZ)99371000000063579620160419h20172017 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDrawing the line how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America /Edwin DansonRevised edition.Chichester, [England] :Wiley Blackwell,2017.©20171 online resource (283 pages)THEi Wiley ebooks.Description based upon print version of record.1-119-24614-8 1-119-14187-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 planetsFirst 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; Starting point for the 1766 season; Degrees of Latitude: A Short History; The Mystery of the Mason-Dixon Mile; Notes; Bibliography; Index; EULAFrontier and pioneer lifePennsylvaniaFrontier and pioneer lifeMarylandSurveyingPennsylvaniaHistory18th centurySurveyingMarylandHistory18th centuryMason-Dixon LineHistoryPennsylvaniaBoundariesMarylandHistoryMarylandBoundariesPennsylvaniaHistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeFrontier and pioneer lifeSurveyingHistorySurveyingHistory974.8/802Danson Edwin1948-1666170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821159803321Drawing the line4119788UNINA