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gptkbp:instanceOf
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scientific research
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Maupertuis expedition to Lapland
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gptkbp:endDate
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1737
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lapland Geodesic Mission
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gptkbp:ledTo
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gptkb:Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Pello
gptkb:Tornio
Kittisvaara
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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La Figure de la Terre (Maupertuis, 1738)
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gptkbp:organizedBy
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gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:participants
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gptkb:Alexis_Clairaut
gptkb:Pierre_Charles_Le_Monnier
gptkb:Anders_Celsius
gptkb:Reginald_Outhier
Charles Le Monnier
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gptkbp:purpose
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measure length of a degree of meridian near the pole
test shape of the Earth
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Peru
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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confirmation of Earth's oblate spheroid shape
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gptkbp:significance
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helped resolve Newton vs. Cassini debate on Earth's shape
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:King_Louis_XV_of_France
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gptkbp:startYear
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1736
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gptkbp:tookPlaceIn
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gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Lapland
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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