Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics
Especially for Americans, there is no escaping the influence of Thomas Jefferson. His mprint on things American is everywhere, even on the landscape. Observant air travellers flying from New York to Chicago, for example, will notice that the visible markings on the errain become noticeably more r...
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2015
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| Tóm tắt: | Especially for Americans, there is no escaping the influence of Thomas Jefferson. His
mprint on things American is everywhere, even on the landscape. Observant air travellers
flying from New York to Chicago, for example, will notice that the visible markings on the
errain become noticeably more rectilinear after crossing Pennsylvania. The reason is that
from the state of Ohio westward the land was surveyed and laid out on a grid before
ettlement and sold or given out in rectangular plots. Lines created by this grid are still
visible as roads or as the boundaries of fields, farms, towns, counties, and even states. This
cheme was yet another brainchild of Thomas Jefferson, whose ideas and reforms issued
forth in profusion during the early years of the American Republic... |
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