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008			090401t1986 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a0910845298
035			_a(Sirsi) u1075
041	0		_aeng
050	0	4	_a526.6 $2 18
100	1		_aSmith, James R.
245	0	0	_aFrom plane to spheroid _b determining the figure of the Earth from 3000 B.C. to the 18th century Lapland and Peruvian survey expeditions _bin commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the expeditions to Lapland and Peru
260			_aRancho Cordova,CA _bLandmark Enterprises _c1986
300			_axii, 219p. _bill _c28cm.
350			_a26.5
520			_aAims 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.
651		4	_aPERU
651		4	_aLAPLAND
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-GEOMATICS
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c85626 _d85626