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Koreshans setting up "The Air Line" rectilineator on the beach next to the pier in Naples, Florida.
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N2009- 3, Papers, ca 1887-1990; Box 6, folder 5
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Included in the image are: U.G. Morrow, Harry Boomer second from left, L.S. Boomer, Abe Gush?, Geo. Stunt?.
Shown during the Koreshan Unity's "Geodetic Survey". The rectilineator instrument was used to create a straight measuring line and 'prove' the earth is concave.
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Koreshans setting up "The Air Line" rectilineator on the beach next to the pier in Naples, Florida. 1897 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/258144>, accessed 19 June 2026.
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Koreshans setting up "The Air Line" rectilineator on the beach next to the pier in Naples, Florida. 1897 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/258144>
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