The Paris Meridian Arc Length and Definition of the Metre
| Autor: | Miljenko Solarić, Nikola Solarić |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Croatian |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Kartografija i Geoinformacije, Vol 12, Iss 20, Pp 18-33 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1333-896X 1848-0713 |
| Popis: | Pierre François-André Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre participated in measuring the Paris meridian arc length in order to determine length of the metre. Jean-Baptiste Biot and François Dominique Jean Arago worked on extending the meridian at a later date. |
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