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Maupertuis Proposes Polar Meridian Expedition

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Maupertuis Proposes Polar Meridian Expedition

Maupertuis, Pierre Louis · Paris · Mathematician

Maupertuis presented the case for measuring a meridian in northern latitudes to test the Earth's shape.

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