- Author
- Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
- Date of Publication
- 1901
surveying, and, in order to
accurately execute that piece of work,
he drew a true meridian line by celes-
tial observations through the area in-
tended for the National Capital. He
ran all the lines with a transit, and
left nothing to the uncertainties of the
compass. A beautiful copy of this sur-
vey, and