Drawing the line : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America

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A history of the Mason-Dixon line profiles surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as they overcame the dangers and hardships of the eighteenth-century American frontier to survey the famous border.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Danson, Edwin, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : John Wiley, [2001]
Subjects:
Mason, Charles, > 1728-1786.
Dixon, Jeremiah.
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania.
Frontier and pioneer life > Maryland.
Surveying > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Surveying > Maryland > History > 18th century.
Mason-Dixon Line > History.
Pennsylvania > Boundaries > Maryland > History.
Maryland > Boundaries > Pennsylvania > History.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
  • In the Reign of George the Third
  • The Fortieth Degree
  • The Great Chancery Suit
  • La Figure de la Terre
  • The Transit of Venus
  • Mr. Bird's Contrivances
  • "Persons Intirely Accomplished"
  • The Southernmost Point of the City
  • Fifteen Statute Miles, Horizontal
  • The Tail of Ursae Minoris
  • Fine Sport for the Boys
  • "From the Post Mark'd West"
  • The Pencil of Time
  • "King of the Tuscarawa"
  • From Hence; to the Summit
  • At a Council of the Royal Society
  • Vibration of the Pendulum
  • Not One Step Further
  • A Degree of Latitude
  • The Last Transit
  • Legacy.

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