A History of the Determination of the Figure of the Earth From Arc Measurements (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The object of this book is to give a brief historical outline of the work done in ancient and modern times, to determine the figure of the earth from the measurement of meridian arcs. The results here gathered are intended to show the progress and development of the work, thus enabling one to obtain a comprehensive idea of what has been accomplished in the subject, and to note the progress in methods and the precision attained.

The results of the early investigators are given at full length, for ordinarily their reports are not accessible. Those of later investigators, the results of whom can be found in most libraries, are more condensed. Of the theory of the figure of the earth and methods of determination of its form from given data, only so much is given as is essential to the discussions of this paper.

Few direct references have been made, but the subject matter has been obtained from the original reports in nearly all cases since the time of Norwood. At the close of the book there is given a list of references and works consulted. Where allusions in the text are made to the reference books, they occur in the following form(12, p. 92), meaning reference book numbered 12, and page 92 of that work.

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