The Great Arc

The Great Arc
Author: John Keay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN:

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A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.


The Great Arc
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: John Keay
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher:

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A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named (Text Only)
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: John Keay
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-27 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas
An Account of the Measurement of Two Sections of the Meridional Arc of India
Language: en
Pages: 652
Authors: Sir George Everest
Categories: Arc measures
Type: BOOK - Published: 1847 - Publisher:

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Account of the Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
Language: en
Pages: 564
Authors: Survey of India. Trigonometrical Branch
Categories: Geodesy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1893 - Publisher:

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Practical Geodesy
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Maarten Hooijberg
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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Written for geodesists using computers of modest capacity, the book reviews the latest development in geodetic computation techniques. The aim is to take stock