Since everyone is now hip on surveys, here is one by the famous Daniel Boone. If anyone takes the time to plot this out, they will soon see that Daniel was a pretty good surveyor after all, considering the area surveyed was probably in a virgin forest. Of course, his spelling could be improved but this math was really good for a fellow who had no formal education. He didn't even go to grade school.
Neal Survey No. 2372 [copied from original survey by Boone] January the 12 1783 Surveyed for John Adkins 300 acres of Land by virtue of a Treasury warrant Duly Entered May the 30 1780 No 4043 Situated Lying and being in the county of fayette, upon the waters of Howards creek adjoining his former Survey of 250 acres upon Said waters begining at A the Corner of Sd Survey of 250 acres a black walnut running thence as follows vizt N 55 Et 235 poles to (B), a black walnut and sugar tree the corner of andrew trabels former survey of 500 acres thence S47 Et 310 poles to C, a black walnot and sugar tree thence S 38 Wt 71 poles to D a black walnot and sugar tree corner to his 50 acre Military Survey thence S 88 Wt 185 poles to E... a black walnot thence N 14 Et 90 poles to F, the corner of Sd adkins 250 acre Survey thence along the Said adkins line N 50 Wt 230 poles to the begining Daniel Boone D,S. Exd T Marshall S. James Stephenson [and Philap Bush, Chainmen Wm Bush Land Marker On Jan 46, 1120092007, at 1:00 PM, Bill Rising wrote: Hi all, My favorite acre computation is to figure out the amount of runoff from a rainstorm. Converting inch-acres to gallons without paper and pencil is a good way to make a long drive short. Bill _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
