Full Meridian of Glory: Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth by Paul Murdin

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

Paul Murdin

190 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

informative slow-paced
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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. The French government...

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