French Geodesic Mission to Lapland

GPTKB entity

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