Longitude

Paul Mackin mackin at allware.com
Thu Apr 10 08:14:21 CDT 1997


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From: 	RICHARD ROMEO[SMTP:RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org]

Paul wrote:  Hey, how come They got Us reading a book about longitude 
when the M&D Line is a latitude????

Actually, the beginning of the line is southeast of the what we would 
call the latitude line because the colonial surveyors mistakenly put the 
starting point 20 miles or so south of where it should have been. 
Technically, this is partly longitude.
 

>>>>>Thanks, Richard. On my map the dividing line between PA and MD looks so STRAIGHT (greatly circular).

				P.




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