Full meridian of glory
Subtitle: perilous adventures in the competition to measure the Earth
By: Paul Murdin.
Publisher: Copernicus Books/Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780387755335
Subjects: Observatoire de Paris -- History; Meridians (Geodesy) -- France; Geodesy -- France -- History; Longitude -- France -- Paris; Geodesy -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.