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Re: Sextant makes drought
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2008 Feb 08, 19:38 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2008 Feb 08, 19:38 -0800
Interestingly, Wikipedia defines Tennessee's southern border at 34d 59m, not 35 d exactly, which is what the US Congress established as its southern border. frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.net wrote: > Why is Atlanta running dry? > > http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/feb/07/georgia-legislators-stir-border-w > ar-talk/ > > Sure, get a fine sextant, measure the latitude to the nearest minute of arc, > and the Tennessee River is yours! But do it wrong, and you'll pay for it two > centuries later... > > -FER > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---