40th Parallel Benchmark/Plaque - Ohio State University
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N 40° 00.002 W 083° 00.893
17T E 328004 N 4429705
A benchmark and plaque on the campus of The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM776R
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2009
Views: 22
The benchmark was originally set in 1881 by the two members of the first faculty of Ohio State, T.C. Mendehall, Professor of Physics, and R.W. McFarland, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Two of the academic buildings nearby are named after them.
The original location was 70 feet west and 10 feet south of its current location. In 1932, it was relocated to its present location by E. F. Coddington, Professor of Geodetic Engineering.
When I attended Ohio State during the early 1980s, I frequently passed this monument, and was fascinated by it.
Line type: Equal degree of latitude
If other type, please explain.: 40th parallel
Tolerance: 0.002
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