Murdin, Paul. <br/><br/>
Full meridian of glory  perilous adventures in the competition to measure the Earth /  [electronic resource] : 
by Paul Murdin. 
 - New York, NY :  Springer New York,  2009. 
 - xviii, 187 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), digital ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780387755342 (electronic bk.) 9780387755335 (paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Observatoire de Paris--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Meridians (Geodesy)--France.<br/>Geodesy--History.--France<br/>Longitude--France--Paris.<br/>Geodesy--History.<br/>Popular Science, general.<br/>Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.<br/>Popular Science in Astronomy.<br/>History of Science.<br/>Geophysics/Geodesy.<br/>Physics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB280.5  / .M87 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>526.6