Subject: possible explanation for undermeasurement of 12mile arc
Date: Feb 12, 2005 @ 12:42
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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>http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=2
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> >
> > interestingly
> > this lesser bit of rive gauche delaware was not
> the direct result
> of
> > such an avulsion as killcohook was
> >
> > nor could accretion ever create any left bank
> delaware either
> >
> > rather it was merely an accident of the belated
> backswing
> > following the 1934 supreme court decision
> > of the same 12mile new castle arc that has caused
> delaware
> to
> > have a round top since 1683
> >
> > & it is precisely upon this lesser of the 2 dry
> denj segments
> that
> > denj shifts from the jersey shore to midchannel
> > along this recent sequel to that ancient arc
> > cutting off a preexisting but artificial
> protruding tongue of land
> >
> > a very funny thing
> > & it all seems to have just happened by chance
> >
> > yet this sweep of 12mile arc was in fact badly
> mismeasured
> >
> > it would be a good topic in itself for further
> research
>
>
> & here is some already
>
> in item 4 of
>
> 95&invol=694http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=2
> the 7th numbered bound confirms my discovery
> made long ago by direct measurement of the paper
> topos
> that the actual radius of this 1934 aftersweep of
> the original
> 12mile new castle arc
> measures not 12 miles at all
> but only some 59764 feet
> or in other words 11 miles & about 1684 feet
> & is thus for some as yet unexplained reason about
> 3596 feet
> too short
>
> seeking an explanation in the original judgment of
> 1934 that
> ordered the survey that made the measurement
>
> 91&invol=361extending the new castle arc radius an additional 3596
> i found none
> tho there is incidentally an awfully interesting
> legal discussion
> there of the tension that has historically existed
> between the
> midriver & thalweg principles
> dating all the way back to freakin tacitus
>
> but my original questions remain
>
> how could such a flagrant mistake have been made in
> the first
> place
> & how could it then have been accepted by the
> special master &
> ultimately by the supreme court at large
> all of whom must have known full well there are 5280
> feet in a
> mile
>
> did everyone just assume & not bother to check the
> arithmetic
>
> other markers i have seen in this series
> especially number 1
> appear to have been installed so haphazardly that
> there is a real
> question in my mind about the basic competency &
> diligence of
> the surveyors
> & indeed of everyone involved
>
>
> but that is as far as i have been able to take it so
> far
>
> does anyone have any ideas
> > the artificial island obviously predates the 1934http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.49917&lon=-75.54
> demarcation
> >
>
> > & please zoom out from there to get your bearings__________________________________
> if necessary
> >
> > i couldnt find denj marker artificial 6
> > tho i did find several of its mates
> >
> > of course i had to sneak in & out so it was kind
> of touch & go
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> > <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > ron
> > >
> > > > Some of you in the USA may be aware that
> > > > a little piece of land connected to New Jersey
> > > > extends out into the Delaware River
> > > > into the territory the state of Delaware.
> > >
> > > indeed
>
> etc
>
>
>
>