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japanuspus on Aug 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude

The work to measure the meridian with the highest possible precision was in itself a fascinating multi-year ordeal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_measurement_of_Delambre_an....

mrciacco on Aug 28, 2023 [–]

A nice novel about it is Denis Guedj's "La Méridienne". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Guedj

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