Degrees of longitude and the earth's shape: The diffusion of a scientific idea in Paris in the 1730s

DOI10.1080/00033798400200461zbMath0538.01004OpenAlexW2075927667WikidataQ58136856 ScholiaQ58136856MaRDI QIDQ3323897

John L. Greenberg

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798400200461

zbMATH Keywords

geodesyPoleniDelisleCassini

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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• Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688-1768)
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