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Verification and extension of La Caille\u0027s arc of meridian at the Cape of Good Hope

Title: Verification and extension of La Caille\u0027s arc of meridian at the Cape of Good Hope / by Sir Thomas Maclear ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty.
Author: Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879.
Publication: [London?], 1866.

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2 volumes, 23 plates (9 folded) : illustrations, tables; 30 x 24 cm (v. 2: 32 x 26 cm)

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Advertisement by the editor signed: G.B. Airy.

Contents

I. Identification of La Caille\u0027s 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.--II. Astronomical observations in the extension of the arc. Reduction of the observations. Calculation of the amplitude. Elements of the stars observed.

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05021513

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ocm11949612
SCSB-3093387

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