chapter 4 summary

in 1771 nemgerman was 40 years old. the ellicott brothers had moved in a few miles from his farm. they were builders and bengerman wanted to help them buil the mill. bengerman learnt from andrew eliccott how to study surveoying to measure the land. when geogre elliccott begain to study astronomey he asked bengerman for help with the math. it was because of this that bengerman became a astronomer too.