Description: Beschreibung der unter allerhochstem kaiserlichen Schutze von der Universitat zu Dorpat veranstalteten Breitengradmessung in den Ostseeprovinzen RusslandsAusgefuhrt und bearbeitet in den Jahren 1821 bis 1831, mit Beihulfe des Capitain-Lieutenants B. W. v. Wrangell und anderer (Volume II only)By Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von StruveDorpat:J.C. Schunmann1831 (1st Edition)Approx Size: 9.5 x 11.75 inches (24 x 30 cms)Hardback. [2], 424, [4] + 13 plates printed pagesVolume II only of the two volume set. Half black morocco leather binding with marbled boards. The book has been professionally rebacked, spine has four raised bands with gilt decoration. Boards rubbed and have wear to corners. Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Phillips Library of Harvard College Observatory. Foxing throughout text and also to plates. All 13 plates are present with foxing and light staining. An important work on the establishment of the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 2,800 km chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea. Very scarce. Overall Condition is Good + There are many more rare and collectable books in our eBay shop, all at very reasonable pricesWhy not take a look... HEREKeyword SearchTerms: Struve Geodetic Arc, Deodesy, Geodesist, Geodetic, Land Survey, Surveying, Measurement, Measuring, Shape of the Earth, Size of the Earth, Earth Science, Earth Sciences, Geoid
Price: 400 GBP
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Publisher: J.C. Schunmann
Signed: No
Binding: Hardback
Subject: Science & Medicine
Year Printed: 1831
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Origin: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Format: Hardback
Date of Publication: 1800-1849
Printing Year: 1800-1849
Author: Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
Modified Item: No
Personalised: No
Fiction Subject: Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction Subject: Mathematics & Sciences
Place of Publication: Dorpat
Weight: 2350g
Language: English
Condition: Used
Inventory Number: 1064E060
