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The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world /

In June 1792, the erudite and cosmopolitan Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre and the cautious and scrupulous Pierre-Francois-Andre Mechain set out from Paris -- one north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona to calculate the length of the meter. In the face of death threats from village revolutiona...

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Main Author:	Alder, Ken
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Free Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Arc measures > History. Meter (Unit) > History. Delambre, J. B. J. > (Jean Baptiste Joseph), > 1749-1822. Méchain, Pierre, > 1744-1804.
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