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‘Latitudes and Departures’
Ch. 1 pp 5-11 10 Sept. Judy Panetta
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‘America’
Chs 26-27 pp 257-274 7 Jan.
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Ch. 52 May 13 Ch. 53 May 20 Ch. 54 May 27 Chs 55-56 June 3 Chs 57-58 June 10 --John Bailey Ch. 59 June 17 Ch. 60 June 24 Chs 61-62 July 8 Chs 63-65 July 15 Ch. 66 July 22 Chs 67-68 July 29 Ch. 69 August 5 Chs 70-71 August 12 --Dave Monroe Chs 72-73 August 19 |
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Mason-Dixon Line,
boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland (running between lat.
39°43'26.3''N and lat. 39°43'17.6''N), surveyed by the English
astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. The
ambiguous description of the boundaries in the Maryland and Pennsylvania
charters led to a protracted disagreement between the proprietors of the two
colonies; the dispute was submitted to the English court of chancery in 1735. A
compromise between the Penn and Calvert families in 1760 resulted in the
appointment of Mason and Dixon. By 1767 the surveyors had run their line 244 mi
(393 km) W from the Delaware border, every fifth milestone bearing the Penn and
Calvert arms. The survey was completed to the western limit of Maryland in
1773; in 1779 the line was extended to mark the southern boundary of
Pennsylvania with Virginia (the present-day West Virginia). Before the Civil
War the term “Mason-Dixon Line” popularly designated the boundary
dividing the slave states from the free states, and it is still used to
distinguish the South from the North.
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„Die Sklaverei war das sine qua non des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs.
Gab es darüber hinaus einen grundlegenden Konflikt zwischen der Kultur des
Nordens und des Südens? Hatten sich im Antebellum zwei verschiedene
Lebensstile und Denkweisen entwickelt? War der Krieg die Folge einer
Auseinandersetzung zwischen zwei Gesellschaftsformen? Muß man die
Mason-Dixon-Linie auch als Kulturgrenze verstehen?”
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reprinted with permission from: The Mason & Dixon Line Preservation Partnership
The LineThe Mason-Dixon Line – massive information from John Cletheroe’s USA and Canada Holiday HintsMason Dixon Antique Trail – apart from the nice map you can purchase furniture here. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Vol. 58 Dec 1768 Tab. XIV p. 325 Historical Map of the Boundaries I Historical Map of the Boundaries II Historical Map of the Boundaries III Details from the Map of the Boundary Survey between Maryland and Pennsylvania The Mason-Dixon Line – map and short history. Mary – Mason and Dixon’s Line – historical texts and papers as gifs–very recommended. The Running of Mason and Dixon’s Line (1763-1767) – historical documents at the Afro-American Almanac. The Mason and Dixon Line – from the “The History of Caroline County, Maryland” The States’ Linesmen – by John Dugdale. The Mason-Dixon Line – A Short History by Robert B. Van Atta, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, PA, Sunday, November 12, 2000. Mason & Dixon Line Preservation Partnership – Location of the stones set by Mason and Dixon using Global Positioning System – see the stones! I would like to thank Todd Babcock for making it possible to reproduce the images here. Charles Mason Biography Jeremiah Dixon Biography
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Vaucanson’s Duck“If our world survives, the next great challenge to watch out for will come – you heard it here first – when the curves of research and development in artificial intelligence, molecular biology and robotics all converge. Oboy. It will be amazing and unpredictable.…”Crescendo of the Virtuoso. Spectacle, Skill, and Self-Promotion in Paris during the Age of Revolution – Chap. 5. Robert-Houdin and the Vogue of the Automaton-Builders: 1. Predecessors of Robert-Houdin: Vaucanson, Jaquet-Droz, Kempelen, Maelzel – by Paul Metzner. Vaucanson’s Duck– Image Wise guys and living dolls – “The line between machine and man has fascinated inventors and tricksters down the centuries. Gaby Wood examines a life and death matter in Living Dolls” – by Simon Schaffer, Observer, Sunday February 24, 2002. Living Dolls: A Magical History Of The Quest For Mechanical – by Gaby Wood. A Happening Thing – by Hillel Schwartz. Science historian examines the 18th-century quest for ‘artificial life’ – by Etienne Benson. (Thanks to Dave Monroe and John Bailey) |
