Sunday, February 17, 2019

Benjamin Banneker-----produced the Astronomical Observations Necessary to Create Washington D.C.



Biographers have stated that Banneker's duties on the survey consisted primarily of making astronomical observations at Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, to ascertain the location of the starting point for the survey.

 They have also stated that Banneker maintained a clock that he used to relate points on the ground to the positions of stars at specific times.

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