Full Meridian of Glory Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Murdin, Paul (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Geophysics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular works.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Popular Science, general.

The Paris Meridian is the name of the line running north-south through the astronomical observatory in Paris. One of the original intentions behind the founding of the Paris Observatory was to determine and measure this line. To that end, the French government financed the Paris Academy of Sciences...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Incroyable Pique-nique and the Méridienne Verte
• The Size of France
• Shape of the Earth
• The Meridian and the Sun
• The Revolution and the Meter
• The Paris Meridian in the Napoleonic Wars
• Past its Prime
• The Greenwich and Paris Meridians in the Space Age
• On the Trail of The Da Vinci Code
• Walking the Line: the Arago Memorial.