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Longitude by wire: finding North America
Longitude by wire: finding North America
Author
Stachurski, Richard
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Publication Date
c2009
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English
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Prologue : plundered corpses
Only one hassler for the coast survey
Station buttermilk
Station head and horns
The elusive longitude
Real men in the way of science
The lightning wire
Astronomers without ears
Following the lightning wire
Finding North America
Transatlantic hubris
Heart's content
Voodoo longitude
Around the world in sixty years
Epilogue : Hertzian waves.
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Cartography
Cartography -- North America -- History -- 19th century
History
Longitude
Longitude -- North America -- History -- 19th century
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9781570038013
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