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Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World
Larrie D. Ferreiro
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| #1305146 in Books | 2013-06-25 | 2013-06-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.00 x5.00l,.85 | File type: PDF | 376 pages | Signed by author||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful history|By Stever|A great book, similar to to Ken Adler's 'The Measure of all Things'. The persistence of these 18th C. astronomer-surveyors to measure a small section of the Earth in the equatorial Andes is astounding. Their personalities and surveying techniques are described, and the background political and scientific context of the expedition is covered. This boo||Carla Rahn Phillips, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities|Ferreiro's Measure of the Earth nicely captures the scientific complexity and physical difficulty of this extraordinary expedition. At the same time, the author provides richly textured
In the 18th century, Europe's scientific community was torn between two opposing theories: Descartes' argument that the Earth was spherical, and Newton's contention that it was flattened at the poles. Recognizing that the answer was the key to securely navigating the earth's oceans, France and Spain organized a joint expedition to colonial Peru. Their goal was to measure a degree of latitude at the Equator; by comparing this measurement to one taken back in Europe, ...
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