French Geodesic Mission to Lapland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Lapland
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:scientific_research
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:endDate 1737
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
geodesy
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lapland
gptkbp:member gptkb:Pierre_Charles_Le_Monnier
gptkb:Anders_Celsius
gptkb:Alexis_Claude_Clairaut
gptkb:Charles_Étienne_Louis_Camus
Olof Hiorter
gptkbp:notableEvent measured meridian arc between Tornio and Kittisvaara
gptkbp:notablePublication La Figure de la Terre (Maupertuis, 1738)
gptkbp:purpose measure the length of a degree of meridian near the pole
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Ecuador
gptkbp:resultedIn confirmation of Earth's oblate spheroid shape
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:startYear 1736
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Ecuador
gptkb:French_Geodesic_Expedition_to_the_Equator
gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Peru
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Geodesic Mission to Lapland