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Back
at the lime factory we had to piece together the shapes, distances and
bearings of all the bays. Because the instruments we made were rudimentary
and calculations were at times rough, the map had limited accuracy. All
things considered though, it's amazing what you can do with a few bits
of wood, string and mathematics!
Web Links
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for the content of external websites.
Mathematics
of Cartography on the Department of Mathematics, Rice University website
Mathematics
- links to maths sites on the Berrien County Intermediate School District
site
The Fascinating
World of Maps and Mapping on the Oddens Bookmarks' site
Books
Advanced Physics
by Tom Duncan, John Murray 2000; ISBN: 0719576695
Infinite Perspectives: Two Thousand Years of Three-Dimensional Mapmaking
by Brian M. Ambroziak and Jeffrey R. Ambroziak, Princeton Architectural
Press, 1999; ISBN: 1568981953
Landmarks of Mapmaking by R. V. Tooley and Charles Bricker, Wordsworth Editions Ltd 1989; ISBN: 1853269360 (currently out of print)
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