Paul Murdin
Full Meridian of Glory: Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth Paul Murdin 2009 edition

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

Paul Murdin

2009 edition

The Paris Observatory was founded, in part, to determine and measure the Paris Meridian. In the 17th and 19th centuries, the French government employed astronomers and geodesists for the job, and this history chronicles what those scientists did and why.

190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	December 19, 2008
ISBN13	9780387755335
Publishers	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Pages	190
Dimensions	156 × 234 × 12 mm · 544 g
Language	English