Measure of the Earth : the enlightenment expedition that reshaped our world
2011
526.6 F383 2011
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Title
Measure of the Earth : the enlightenment expedition that reshaped our world
Published
New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Description
xix, 353 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
526.6 F383 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)657595545
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-337) and index.
Contents: The baseline at Yaruquà -- The problem of the Earth's shape -- Preparations for the mission -- Finding Quito -- Degree of difficulty -- City of Kings -- The triangles of Peru -- Death and the surgeon -- The War of Jenkins's Ear -- The dance of the stars -- The impossible return -- A world revealed -- The children of the equator.
L2012M118
International scientific expedition during the European Enlightenment to measure the length of a degree of latitude at the equator, and to thereby determine the exact shape of the earth. The leaderships in France and her ally Spain put together an expedition to travel to the equator and measure a degree of latitude there; compared with the degree already measured in Paris, this new measurement would yield the exact shape of the earth. The Geodesic Mission to the Equator departed for colonial Peru in 1735 & finally returned almost ten years later. Using their measurements, the scientists successfully revealed the true figure of the Earth: a slightly flattened sphere, a conclusion that vindicated Newton's followers--Provided by publisher.
Contents: The baseline at Yaruquà -- The problem of the Earth's shape -- Preparations for the mission -- Finding Quito -- Degree of difficulty -- City of Kings -- The triangles of Peru -- Death and the surgeon -- The War of Jenkins's Ear -- The dance of the stars -- The impossible return -- A world revealed -- The children of the equator.
L2012M118
International scientific expedition during the European Enlightenment to measure the length of a degree of latitude at the equator, and to thereby determine the exact shape of the earth. The leaderships in France and her ally Spain put together an expedition to travel to the equator and measure a degree of latitude there; compared with the degree already measured in Paris, this new measurement would yield the exact shape of the earth. The Geodesic Mission to the Equator departed for colonial Peru in 1735 & finally returned almost ten years later. Using their measurements, the scientists successfully revealed the true figure of the Earth: a slightly flattened sphere, a conclusion that vindicated Newton's followers--Provided by publisher.
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