From plane to spheroid
Smith, James R.
From plane to spheroid determining the figure of the Earth from 3000 B.C. to the 18th century Lapland and Peruvian survey expeditions in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the expeditions to Lapland and Peru - Rancho Cordova,CA Landmark Enterprises 1986 - xii, 219p. ill 28cm.
Aims to commemorate the 250th anniversary of two famous survey expeditions sent to Peru and Lapland in the 18th century by the French Academy of Sciences. Consideration is given to the development of thoughts on the shape on the earth; the observational instruments available; the mathematical aids of the day; units of linear measure; previous determinations of the size and shape of the earth, and of general scientific development from earliest times.
0910845298
PERU
LAPLAND
526.6 $2 18
From plane to spheroid determining the figure of the Earth from 3000 B.C. to the 18th century Lapland and Peruvian survey expeditions in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the expeditions to Lapland and Peru - Rancho Cordova,CA Landmark Enterprises 1986 - xii, 219p. ill 28cm.
Aims to commemorate the 250th anniversary of two famous survey expeditions sent to Peru and Lapland in the 18th century by the French Academy of Sciences. Consideration is given to the development of thoughts on the shape on the earth; the observational instruments available; the mathematical aids of the day; units of linear measure; previous determinations of the size and shape of the earth, and of general scientific development from earliest times.
0910845298
PERU
LAPLAND
526.6 $2 18