Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America

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 INDICE: List of Figures .Acknowledgments .Introduction to the Second Edition I .Chapter One: In the Reign of George the Third 1 .Chapter Two: The Fortieth Degree 6 .Chapter Three: Kings and Queens 17 .Chapter Four: Entirely At A Stand 25 .Chapter Five: Curious Knowing People 42 .Chapter Six: The Transit of Venus 61 .Chapter Seven: Mr. Bird s Contrivances 80 .Chapter Eight: Persons Intirely Accomplished 88 .Chapter Nine: The Southernmost Point of the City 101 .Chapter Ten: 15 Statute Miles, Horizontal 125 .Chapter Eleven: The Tail of Ursae Minoris 138 .Chapter Twelve:  Fine Sport for the Boys 148 .Chapter Thirteen: From the Post Mark d West 158 .Chapter Fourteen: The Pencil of Time 170 .Chapter Fifteen: King of the Tuscarawa 183 .Chapter Sixteen: From Hence; to the Summit 196 .Chapter Seventeen: At A Council of the Royal Society 210 .Chapter Eighteen: Vibration of the Pendulum 220 .Chapter Nineteen: Not One Step Further 233 .Chapter Twenty: 1768 – A Degree of Latitude 250 .Chapter Twenty–One: The Last Transit 260 .Chapter Twenty–Two: A Very Helpless Condition 267 .Chapter Twenty–Three: Finishing the Job 284 .Appendix 295 .Astronomy 295 .Longitude, Latitude and the shape of Earth 297 .Surveying methods 299 .Degrees of Latitude – a short history 307 .The Mystery of the Mason–Dixon Mile 311 .Bibliography .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-119-14187-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 03/05/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés