Newton's Radii, Maupertuis’ Arc Length, and Voltaire's Giant

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.42.3.183zbMATH Open1273.86005OpenAlexW247858679WikidataQ99703938 ScholiaQ99703938MaRDI QIDQ3003335

Andrew Simoson

Publication date: 26 May 2011

Published in: The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.42.3.183

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsearc lengthshape of Earth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of geophysics (86-03)

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