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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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Friends and enemies in Penn's Woods : Indians, colonists, and the racial construction of Pennsylvania / / edited by William A. Pencak and Daniel K. Richter
| Friends and enemies in Penn's Woods : Indians, colonists, and the racial construction of Pennsylvania / / edited by William A. Pencak and Daniel K. Richter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pa., : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 336 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 974.8/02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PencakWilliam <1951->
RichterDaniel K PencakWilliam <1951-2013.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania
Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania - History Culture conflict - Pennsylvania - History Colonists - Pennsylvania - History Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - History Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Government relations Frontier and pioneer life - History - Pennsylvania Intercultural communication - History - Pennsylvania Culture conflict - History - Pennsylvania Colonists - History - Pennsylvania Indians of North America - Government relations - Pennsylvania Indians of North America - Pennsylvania Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology United States Local History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 0-271-03220-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. Peoples in conversation. New Sweden, natives, and nature / Michael Dean Mackintosh -- Colonialism and the discursive antecedents of Penn's treaty with the Indians / James O'Neil Spady -- Imagining peace in Quaker and Native American dream stories / Carla Gerona -- Indian, metis, and Euro-American women on multiple frontiers / Alison Duncan Hirsch. II. Fragile structures of coexistence. Female relationships and intercultural bonds in Moravian Indian missions / Amy C. Schutt -- The death of Sawantaeny and the problem of justice on the frontier / John Smolenski -- Justice, retribution, and the case of John Toby / Louis M. Waddell -- The diplomatic career of Canasatego / William A. Starna. III. Toward a white Pennsylvania. Delawares and Pennsylvanians after the Walking Purchase / Steven C. Harper -- Squatters, Indians, proprietary government, and land in the Susquehanna Valley / David L. Preston -- Metonymy, violence, patriarchy, and the Paxton boys / Krista Camenzind -- "Real" Indians, "white" Indians, and the contest for the Wyoming Valley / Paul Moyer -- Whiteness and warfare on a revolutionary frontier / Gregory T. Knouff. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910993867603321 |
| University Park, Pa., : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2004 | ||
| 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
| 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 |
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Wright Ted
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| 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
| 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 |
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Wright Ted
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| 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
| 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 |
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Wright Ted
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| Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1996 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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