At 14:58 -0500 02/12/3, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
Denis Guedj in his "Le M�tre du Monde", �ditions du Seuil, ISBN
2-02-040718-3, wrote: (I translate)
"Delambre wrote: 'We see here the Barcelona observations and the
three seconds by which they differed from those at Montjouy...to
conceal the facts...Three seconds of angle!
"What was the impact of those three seconds of angle on the
resulting measurement? What effect did it have on the length of the
metre proclaimed with pomp in 1779? In 1993 M�chain sent to Paris
his first results at Montjouy.
We all know that mail was not very fast at that time, but would not
it be in 1793?
Be sure that Bill Potts does not send you to the corner, even for
five minutes...
Louis
