Okay. If the Supremes specified the courthouse spire as the center point, then
we're back to square one.
I'll be glad to contact Mr. Schenck this week to pose the question of the
under-measured 12-mile arc. I'll report back with any answer.
Thanks for the antique map links.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] possible explanation for undermeasurement of 12mile
arc
>
> --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to find the time to delve into the legal
>> history of this short arc
>
> fantastic
> & when you can
> please read or reread first of all that the center
> point of the undermeasured 1934 arc is stated in the
> same 1935 supreme court document below that gives the
> measurement itself
>
> & this center point is
> the same new castle county courthouse spire that was
> used for most of the several other arc segment radii
>
> so your possible alternative explanation to my
> possible explanation here below is actually impossible
>
> also feast your eyes on these pre1934 topos
> http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=smyr31ne.jpg&state=DE
> especially
> & also
> http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=wlmt06se.jpg&state=DE
> which confirm my surmise about the location of the
> natural left bank before artificial island was added
> &
> show an arc of much longer radius too
>
> indeed this earlier depiction of the arc appears to
> place it in substantially the correct position
>
> all of which helps visualize my possible explanation
> still standing tall & solo here below
> even if still only possible
>
> & also underscores how egregious if not outrageous the
> foreshortening of the arc radius must have seemed at
> least to some observers at the time
>
> so i gotta figure that must have left at least a trace
> somewhere
> like say in the local newspapers when the supreme
> court decisions were announced
>
> & i also think your mr schenck here would be the one
> to begin to both question & inform about all this
>
> for yes i do know about him & this site of his & its
> 179 official delaware border rocks etc etc
> if he is the same schenck i once tried to tell about
> the 180th one i had also found
> as described in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/12253
>
>
> but he never responded & never added it to his data
> set either
> so i dont know what to make of him or it
>
> perhaps you would like to try him out fresh tho
>
> he could be helpful after all
>
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