Measure of the Earth

Measure of the Earth
Author: Larrie D. Ferreiro
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465017231


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Describes the early 18th-century expedition of scientists sent by France and Spain to colonial Peru to measure the degree of equatorial latitude, which could resolve the debate between whether the earth was spherical or flattened at the poles.


Measure of the Earth
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Larrie D. Ferreiro
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-31 - Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

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Describes the early 18th-century expedition of scientists sent by France and Spain to colonial Peru to measure the degree of equatorial latitude, which could re
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Language: en
Pages: 54
Authors: Kathryn Lasky
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-16 - Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe'
Measuring the Earth
Language: en
Pages: 136
Authors: Mary Gow
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

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"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes, who used geometry to calculate the circumference of the earth. He is also known as the Father of Geogr
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Tsering Yangzom Lama
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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For readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile. International Bestseller Longlis
Weighing the World
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Edwin Danson
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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At the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world. No one knew, with any certainty, the shape of the earth or what lay beneath its surf