An edition of Weighing the world
(2005)
Weighing the world
The quest to measure the Earth
by Edwin Danson
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Publish Date
Second Edition (softback) 2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
283
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Subjects
Figure, History, Industrial revolution, Measurement, Science, Science, europe, Earth (planet), figure, Seismometry, Europe, historyTimes
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Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 I CANNOT BE WRONG
CHAPTER 2 THE TITAN KING
CHAPTER 3 A CALM AND GENTLE CHARACTER
CHAPTER 4 THE GALILEO OF FRANCE
CHAPTER 5 EXTREME SCIENCE
CHAPTER 6 ROBBERIES AND DEPREDATIONS
CHAPTER 7 A MAGNIFICENT MILITARY SKETCH
CHAPTER 8 PERSONS WELL VERSED
CHAPTER 9 VERY EXPERT IN HIS BUSINESS
CHAPTER 10 A PASSAGE WITH MY HORSE
CHAPTER 11 FRANKENSTEIN AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER 12 A REMARKABLE HILL
CHAPTER 13 IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 14 SO GREAT A NOISE
CHAPTER 15 THE ATTRACTION OF MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER 16 THE BEST OF THE POSITION
CHAPTER 17 DISTINGUISHED MERIT
CHAPTER 18 LATE BY A WHOLE YEAR
CHAPTER 19 GEODETIC EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER 20 I KNOW IT WILL ANSWER
CHAPTER 21 OFFERING VIOLENCE TO NATURE
CHAPTER 22 A MERITORIOUS FOREIGNER
CHAPTER 23 MEN WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER 24 IRREGULARITIES WE HAVE DISCOVERED
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