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Chargement... Drawing the Line : How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America (édition 2000)par Edwin Danson
Information sur l'oeuvreDrawing the Line : How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America par Edwin Danson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It takes a gifted writer to explain the complexities of mathematics, astronomy and surveying to the general public – and Edwin Danson has done just that in Drawing the Line. Not only will the general public appreciate this book, but mathematicians, geologists and other academics will find this gem of great interest. Danson provides readers with a splendid and intimate accounting of how Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon devised methods for drawing a straight line of latitude on the Earth, something that had been previously impossible. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson's definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years. Features numerous updates and revisions reflecting new information that has come to light on surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon Reveals the true origin of the survey's starting point and the actual location of the surveyors' observatory in Embreeville Offers expanded information on Mason and Dixon's transit of Venus adventures, which would be an important influence on their future work, and on Mason's final years pursuing a share of the fabulous Longitude prize, and his death in Philadelphia Includes a new, more comprehensive appendix describing the surveying methods utilized to establish the Mason-Dixon Line Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)974.8History and Geography North America Northeastern U.S. PennsylvaniaClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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