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Full Meridian of Glory - Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth
Paul Murdin
Verlag Copernicus, 2008
ISBN 9780387755342 , 190 Seiten
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Contents
6
List of Figures
8
Introduction
10
Chronology
15
The Incroyable Pique-nique and the Méridienne Verte
17
The Size of France
27
Shape of the Earth
54
The Meridian and the Sun
91
The Revolution and the Meter
99
The Paris Meridian in the Napoleonic Wars
125
Past its Prime
143
The Greenwich and Paris Meridians in the Space Age
157
On the Trail of The Da Vinici Code
162
Walking the Line: the Arago Memorial
166
14th Arrondissement
166
6th Arrondissement
168
1st Arrondissement
169
2nd Arrondissement
171
9th Arrondissement
171
18th Arrondissement
171
14th Arrondissement
172
Parc de Montsouris
172
Observatoire de Paris
173
6th Arrondissement
174
Av. de l’Observatoire
174
Luxembourg
175
Panthéon
176
St. Germain
176
1st Arrondissement
177
The Louvre
177
Palais Royal
178
2nd and 9th Arrondissements
179
Opéra
179
18th Arrondissement
179
Montmartre
179
Bibliography
182
Acknowledgements
185
Index
186
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