 | Galignani A. and W. - 1844 - 578 σελίδες
...measures are derived. The length of the quadrant of the terrestrial meridian was ascertained by Messrs. Delambre and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. The metre is equal to 39.371 English inches. The following tables, from the Annuaire du Bureau des... | |
 | 1846 - 630 σελίδες
...multiplication or division, all other measures are determined. Messrs. Delambre and Mechain ascertained, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona, that the distance from the equator to the pole was equal to 5,130,740 French toises. This distance,... | |
 | A. and W. Galignani and Co - 1855 - 690 σελίδες
.... 0,03937 — (1) The length of the quadrant of the terrestrial meridian was ascertained by Messrs. Delambre and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. (2) There was also a mixed system between the new and old, eUle4 the lysltme vsuel, having the metre... | |
 | 1855 - 946 σελίδες
...eighteenth century, the French government, directed by its men of science, determined on the measurement of an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. The southern portion of the survey, that between Rhodes and Montjouy, was intrusted to M. Mechain.... | |
 | Noble Heath - 1856 - 472 σελίδες
...divided into ten millions of equal parts, and one of these parts or divisions is called the Metre, which is adopted as the unit of length, and from which,...measures, and which is equal to 39,371 English inches. In order to express the decimal proportions, the following vocabulary of names has been adopted : For... | |
 | A. and W. Galignani and Co - 1856 - 670 σελίδες
.... 0,03937 — (1) The length of the quadrant of the terrestrial meridian was ascertained by Messrs. Delambre and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. (2) There was also a mixed system between the new and old, called the systems usuel, having the, mitre... | |
 | 1861 - 828 σελίδες
...changed, though probably rendered less correct, in accordance with the results of the measurements of an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona, undertaken for this purpose by Delambre and Meohain. (See EARTH.) The difference, however, is only... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1860 - 324 σελίδες
...fraught with considerable danger, ultimately resulting in great glory and distinction. The measurement of an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona had, about the close of the last century, been determined on by France. The work was intrusted to Delambre... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1861 - 804 σελίδες
...changed, though probably rendered less correct, in accordance with the results of the measurements of an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona, undertaken for this purpose by Delambre and Meohain. (See EARTH.) The difference, however, is only... | |
 | 1862 - 790 σελίδες
...metre. . . . 0,03937 — (1) The length of tbe quadrant of the terrestrial meridian wai ascertained by Delambre and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. (2) There was also a mixed system between the new and old, called the tysteme u&uel, having the mitre... | |
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Dclambrc and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. The metrical system is now legal in England also. 
