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Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America / / Edwin Danson
| Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America / / Edwin Danson |
| Autore | Danson Edwin <1948-> |
| Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Disciplina | 974.8/802 |
| Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks. |
| Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania
Frontier and pioneer life - Maryland Surveying - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century Surveying - Maryland - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-119-14182-6
1-119-14180-X 1-119-14181-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; Starting point for the 1766 season; Degrees of Latitude: A Short History; The Mystery of the Mason-Dixon Mile; Notes; Bibliography; Index; EULA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136782203321 |
Danson Edwin <1948->
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America / / Edwin Danson
| Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America / / Edwin Danson |
| Autore | Danson Edwin <1948-> |
| Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Disciplina | 974.8/802 |
| Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks. |
| Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania
Frontier and pioneer life - Maryland Surveying - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century Surveying - Maryland - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-119-14182-6
1-119-14180-X 1-119-14181-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; Starting point for the 1766 season; Degrees of Latitude: A Short History; The Mystery of the Mason-Dixon Mile; Notes; Bibliography; Index; EULA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821159803321 |
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Danson Edwin <1948->
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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