Dixon, Jeremiah (1733-79)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3586. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Surveyor and astronomer, born in Bishop Auckland, Durham, England. In 1760 the Royal Society chose CHARLES MASON for an expedition to observe the transit of Venus, and Mason chose Dixon as his assistant, successfully observing the transit at the Cape of Good Hope on 6 June 1761. In 1763 Mason and Dixon traveled to Pennsylvania and Maryland, to define the disputed boundary between the two states; ...

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