Comments on: Buckingham’s Willis Mountain. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jason http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22638 Jason Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:39:42 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22638 Jefferson used Willis Mountain as the sighting line for his "Monticello Meridian" in his quest to establish better methods of determining longitude in a time when maps and locations were far more difficult to come by than now. He'd be equally appalled and amazed that Willis Mountain has helped get us into space, I suspect. Jefferson used Willis Mountain as the sighting line for his “Monticello Meridian” in his quest to establish better methods of determining longitude in a time when maps and locations were far more difficult to come by than now. He’d be equally appalled and amazed that Willis Mountain has helped get us into space, I suspect.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22631 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:18:08 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22631 That's a fine suggestion, Bubby—I'd never heard the word before, but it's the perfect descriptor. I've made that change. That’s a fine suggestion, Bubby—I’d never heard the word before, but it’s the perfect descriptor. I’ve made that change.

]]> By: Bubby http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22629 Bubby Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:54:13 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22629 Placing the descriptor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock" rel="nofollow">Monadnock</a> in that wiki entry would provide the sort of context that provided you with a WTF road-trip moment. Plus, its a really cool word. Placing the descriptor Monadnock in that wiki entry would provide the sort of context that provided you with a WTF road-trip moment. Plus, its a really cool word.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22628 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:35:46 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22628 I made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Mountain" rel="nofollow">a Wikipedia entry for Willis Mountain</a>. I made a Wikipedia entry for Willis Mountain.

]]> By: John Trippel http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22627 John Trippel Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:22:33 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22627 Fantastic story. I heard about this extremely rare stone that resist being heated up so much so that it is very much used by NASA in bring in the space-shuttles through the atmosphere which heats it up and this stone has been used to keep it's bottom cool during it's landing stages. Nice that you covered it in your blog. Fantastic story. I heard about this extremely rare stone that resist being heated up so much so that it is very much used by NASA in bring in the space-shuttles through the atmosphere which heats it up and this stone has been used to keep it’s bottom cool during it’s landing stages. Nice that you covered it in your blog.

]]> By: Mark Brooks http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2009/03/willis-mountain/#comment-22603 Mark Brooks Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:00:47 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/?p=6586#comment-22603 Of course, you and Amber are welcome as soon as all four of our schedules permit. Willis Mountain in Buckingham is a great example for anyone who has never seen what it looks like to remove a mountaintop, or an entire mountain in this case. The difference is, this is slow motion; when the coal producers do it, it's fairly quick. C'mon, and cross Cumberland off that list! Of course, you and Amber are welcome as soon as all four of our schedules permit.

Willis Mountain in Buckingham is a great example for anyone who has never seen what it looks like to remove a mountaintop, or an entire mountain in this case.

The difference is, this is slow motion; when the coal producers do it, it’s fairly quick.

C’mon, and cross Cumberland off that list!

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