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Author Danson, Edwin, 1948-

Title Weighing the world : the quest to measure the Earth / Edwin Danson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  526.1 DAN    Check Shelf
Description x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
Contents I cannot be wrong -- The Titan king -- A calm and gentle character -- The Galileo of France -- Extreme science -- Robberies and depredations -- A magnificent military sketch -- Persons well versed -- Very expert in his business -- A passage with my horse -- Frankenstein and other experiments -- A remarkable hill -- Important observations -- So great a noise -- The attraction of mountains -- The best of the position -- Distinguished merit -- Late by a whole year -- Geodetic experiments -- I know it will answer -- Offering violence to nature -- A meritorious foreigner -- Men worthy of confidence -- Irregularities we have discovered.
Subject Earth (Planet) -- Figure -- Measurement.
Science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Industrial revolution -- Europe -- History.
Aarde (planeet)
Meridianen (geografie)
Meetbaarheid.
Kartographie.
Erdmessung.
Gravimetrie.
ISBN 9780195181692 (acid-free paper)
0195181697 (acid-free paper)
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