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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GAG-GEO |
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GEODESY (from the Gr. y, the earth, and SatEty, to divide) , the science of surveying (q.v.) extended to large tracts of country, having in view not only the production of a system
great
object
case
Lapland
French astronomers P. Bouguer, C. M. de la Condamine, P. L. M. de Maupertuis, A. C. Clairault and others; and the measurement of the meridian arc of France
Delambre had for its end the determination of the true length of the " metre " which was to be the legal standard of length of France
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