The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey that transformed the world
Alder, Ken2002
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Amidst the fervour of the Revolution, two French scientists were sent on an expedition to measure the world and establish the metre, which was to be one ten-millionth the distance from pole to equator. As one went north and the other south, their experiences diverged just as radically.
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London : Little, Brown, 2002.
Collation:
xii, 466 p. : ill., facsims. maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-456) and index.
ISBN:
9780316859899 (hbk)
Dewey class:
530.812092530.812
Language:
English
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BRN:
274167