Before revision: Barnes Wallis, inspired by his earlier experience with light alloy structures and the use of geodesically-arranged wiring to distribute the lifting loads of the gasbags in the design of the R100 airship, evolved the geodetic construction method (although it is commonly stated, there was no geodetic structure in R100).Murray, p.34 and p.44 Wallis used the term "geodetic" to apply to the airframe and distinguish it from " geodesic " which is the proper term for a line on a curved surface, arising from geodesy.
After revision: Barnes Wallis, inspired by his earlier experience with light alloy structures and the use of geodesically-arranged wiring to distribute the lifting loads of the gasbags in the design of the R100 airship, evolved the geodetic construction method (although it is commonly stated, there was no geodetic structure in R100).Murray, p.34 and p.44 Wallis used the term "geodetic" to apply to the URL " Geodesic "