Verification and extension of La Caille's arc of meridian at the Cape of Good Hope
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Verification and extension of La Caille's arc of meridian at the Cape of Good Hope
（Landmarks, 2 ; monographs）
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Verification and extension of La Caille's arc of meridian
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Header title: Verification and extension of La Caille's arc of meridian
Reproduction of: [London] : Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1866. 2 v
Contents of Works
- v. 1. Identification of La Caille's stations, and comparison of the ancient and modern measures
- Description of the modern geodetic and astronomical instruments
- Geodetic operations for the extension of the arc
- Abstract of the astronomical operations
- v. 2. Astronomical observations in the extension of the arc
- Reduction of the observations
- Calculation of the amplitude
- Elements of the stars observed