In a similar vein I recommend “The Measure of All Things,” by Ken Alder, the story of Méchain and Delambre and the history of the meter. (Published by The Free Press in 2002.)
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 1:07 PM Steve Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat 2020-05-23T12:21:17-0700 jimlux hath writ: > > > So fiendishly difficult that the first time the task was completed was > > > not until 1899 > > > > And how long did Mr. Schott and the team work on it? > > The reason that this report was in the Lick library is that the > observatory hosted one of the sites in 1888. google will reveal scans > of a lot of the preliminary reports for the traverse in parts farther > east. > > -- > Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) > UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat > +36.99855 > 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng > -122.06015 > Santa Cruz, CA 95064 https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
