Drawing the Line (PDF)
How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America, Revised Edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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
* 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
Autoren-Porträt von Edwin Danson
Edwin Danson is a geodetic surveyor with over 45 years of experience working on assignments in many countries, including the United States. He is a Chartered Surveyor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. He has made many contributions to professional journals and books and is a prominent authority in his field. He lives near Bristol, England.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Edwin Danson
- 2016, 2. Auflage, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1119141818
- ISBN-13: 9781119141815
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2016
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