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Weighing the world

The quest to measure the Earth

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Weighing the world
Edwin Danson
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The quest to measure the Earth

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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, history

Places

Earth, Europe

Times

18th century

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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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