Full meridian of glory: perilous adventures in the competition to measure the earth
Auteur :
Murdin, Paul
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9780387755335
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2008
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
470 g
Format :
Laminated cover
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Paris Observatory was founded, in part, to determine and measure the Paris Meridian. In the 17th and 19th centuries, the French government employed astronomers and geodesists for the job, and this history chronicles what those scientists did and why.