Mason Dixon

[Ted Samsel]

RR sez:
> 
> Sez here in the New columbia encyclo that Charles Mason and Jeremiah 
> Dixon were astronomers.  I admit I'm ignorant.  Surveying have a heck 
> alot to do with astronomy in the 18th C?

Damn straight it did podner! Ever hear of celestial navigation?

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