Mason & Dixon, Inc?

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

Richard Romeo wonders:
"It's no surprise that of all the reports I've read about C. Mason and J.
Dixon, none agree on their actual professions.  They have been called:
both as surveyors, Mason an astronomer, Dixon, a surveyor, both as
mathematicians, scientists, jolly brandy swiggers (heheh)."


Of course, in them there days, the professional/disciplinary boundaries were
not as firmly set.  Look at Jefferson and Franklin, even Washington--they
put their hands in at many things.  (No jokes, please!)


Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)