Thomas Darlington Cope papers, 1945-1957 1945-1957

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Thomas Darlington Cope papers, 1945-1957 1945-1957

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This collection contains letters and documents pertaining to Cope's research on the history of Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, and the Mason-Dixon Line. Most of the letters are to English researchers, but included are some typescripts of original letters by Mason and Nevil Maskelyne. Cope published numerous articles on this topic, many printed by the American Philosophical Society.

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Dixon, Jeremiah

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Charles Mason (Oakridge Lynch, Gloucestershire, April 1728– Philadelphia, October 25, 1786) was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, which came to mark the division between the northern and southern United States (1764-1768). From the guide to the Correspondence and accounts of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1758-1769, 1758-1769, (American Philo...

Mason, Charles, 1728-1786

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Charles Mason was an astronomer and surveyor. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Journal during the survey of the Pennsylvania-Maryland line, 1763-1768. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316422 From the description of Papers, 1750-1815. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380135 From the guide to the Charles Mason papers, 1750-1815, 1750-1815, (American Phi...

Cope, Thomas D. (Thomas Darlington)

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Physicist Thomas D. Cope, also a historian of science, collected the Transit of Venus material. From the guide to the Material on the transit of Venus in 1760, [1760-1761], 1760-1761, (American Philosophical Society) Thomas Darlington Cope was a physicist and a historian of science. From the guide to the Thomas Darlington Cope papers, 1945-1957, 1945-1957, (American Philosophical Society) Physicist and historian of science Thomas Darlington Cope received...

Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811

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Maskelyne was the 5th Astronomer Royal at Greenwich and is best known for having established the "Nautical Almanac" in 1766. From the description of Papers of Nevil Maskelyne, 1771-1809. 1771-1809. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225688734 In 1749 he entered Catharine Hall, Cambridge but migrated to Trinity College. 7th Wrangler. B. A. 1754. M. A. 1757. B. D. 1768. D. D. 1777. F. R. S. 1758. He was selected by the Royal Society to go to St. Helena to observe the t...