Weighing the World : The Quest to Measure the Earth

Preface
1. I Cannot Be Wrong
2. The Titan King
3. A Calm And Gentle Character
4. The Galileo Of France
5. Extreme Science
6. Robberies And Depredations
7. A Magnificent Military Sketch
8. Persons Well Versed
9. Very Expert In His Business
10. A Passage With My Horse
11. Frankenstein And Other Experiments
12. A Remarkable Hill
13. Important Observations
14. So Great A Noise
15. The Attraction of Mountains
16. The Best Of The Position
17. Distinguished Merit
18. Late A Whole Year
19. Geodetic Experiments
20. I Know It Will Answer
21. Offering Violence To Nature
22. A Meritorious Foreigner
23. Men Worthy Of Confidence
24. Irregularities We Have Discovered
Explanations and Definitions
Bibliography
Footnotes

Keywords: SCIENCE / History SCI034000