Thomas Jefferson and Douwes' method for determining latitude

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(87)90046-2zbMath0628.01017OpenAlexW2089848570MaRDI QIDQ1092884

James J. Tattersall

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(87)90046-2

zbMATH Keywords

latitude determination. Cornelius DouwesNevil Maskelyne

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of geometry (51-03)

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