Quest for the True Figure of the Earth

Quest for the True Figure of the Earth

Ideas and Expeditions in Four Centuries of Geodesy

Hoare, Michael Rand

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2024

288

Mole

Inglês

9781138277700

15 a 20 dias

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Contents: Author's preface; A dispute in the making; Prelude to an odyssey; Some technicalities; The Lapland expedition; The Peru expedition; Meanwhile in Paris; Death and deliverance; A grievous aftermath; Once more unto the Meridian; A modern postscript; Appendices; Select reading list; Index.
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La Condamine;Academie Royale Des Sciences;Grandjean De Fouchy;Dortous De Mairan;Lapland Expedition;Joseph De Jussieu;Peru Expedition;La Caille;Meridian Survey;Young Man;Pole Star;Reference Ellipsoid;Eau De Vie;Gemma Frisius;Ye Earth;Earth's Quadrant;Charles Marie De La Condamine;Consejo De Indias;Discours De La Methode;East Indies;Royale Des Sciences;Petit Goave;1820s Events;Gravity Anomalies;Paris Meridian