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Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).

On This Day in History: June 1

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  1633: Astronomer and academic Geminiano Montanari born. He will make the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.

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  1849: Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.

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  1867: Mathematician Karl Georg Christian von Staudt dies. He used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic.

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  1895: Havelock and Herman Hollerith announce plan to collaborate on new data exchange protocol.

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  1890: The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

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  1944: First successful run of the improved Colossus Mark 2 computer], just in time for the Normandy landings on D-Day. Colossus Mark 2 used shift registers to quintuple the processing speed.

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What next?

My current events:

To Geoff's Land

From Duluth, go north on HWY 61 to Two Harbors. 

At the Holiday station (your last chance for gas) 
take a left onto County RD 2. 

Follow 2 north for 45 miles (experiencing a jog to the right about halfway) 
until it ends in a “T” at HWY 1. 

Go right on 1 for about 3 miles to McDougal Lake RD. 

Go right on McDougal for about 1 mile 
and veer to the left at the first opportunity. 

If you come to a bridge you just missed it. 

Watch for bad rocks as you follow this road for about 2/3 mile. 

There will be a wide driveway on your right, 
turn in and turn to the right when it forks.

http://www.skypoint.com/~glj/stoney/FAQ.htm

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