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-> | ||
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 |
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 |
Danson Edwin <1948-> | ||
Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pioneer life in western Pennsylvania / / by J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett ; illustrations by Clarence McWilliams |
Autore | Wright Ted |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 974.8 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8229-7362-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465066203321 |
Wright Ted | ||
Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pioneer life in western Pennsylvania / / by J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett ; illustrations by Clarence McWilliams |
Autore | Wright Ted |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 974.8 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania |
ISBN | 0-8229-7362-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786511603321 |
Wright Ted | ||
Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pioneer life in western Pennsylvania / / by J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett ; illustrations by Clarence McWilliams |
Autore | Wright Ted |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 974.8 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania |
ISBN | 0-8229-7362-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828608203321 |
Wright Ted | ||
Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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