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

Abstract

Prologue. 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. 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. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

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