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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murdin, Paul. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Science > History.; Physical geography.; Astronomy.; Science (General).; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Popular Science, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75534-2

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chronology
• The Incroyable Pique-nique and the Mřidienne 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
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements.