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

Annals of Science 41 (2):151-158 (1984)
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(1984). Degrees of longitude and the earth's shape: The diffusion of a scientific idea in Paris in the 1730s. Annals of Science: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 151-158

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