French Geodesic Mission to Lapland
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific research
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:France
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| gptkbp:endDate |
1737
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:astronomy
geodesy |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
French Geodesic Mission to Lapland
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| gptkbp:ledTo |
gptkb:Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Lapland
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| 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
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| gptkbp:notablePublication |
La Figure de la Terre (Maupertuis, 1738)
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| gptkbp:purpose |
measure the length of a degree of meridian near the pole
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Ecuador
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| gptkbp:resultedIn |
confirmation of Earth's oblate spheroid shape
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| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
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| gptkbp:startYear |
1736
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Ecuador
gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Peru |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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