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A man makes a reading using a quadrant or surveying instrument with an altazimuth mount before a tent in a mountainous landscape. Two men climb a mountain in the background. Includes volcanoes.
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La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral, tirée des observations de Mrs. de l'Académie royale des sciences, envoyés par le roi sous l'́Équateur
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De l'Imprimerie royale
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M. DCCLI. [1751]
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In 1735 La Condamine led a scientific expedition to Quito to measure the location of the equator in order to determine the form of the earth. Discovering that tall mountains deflected the pendulum used in triangulation, he fairly accurately measured the meridian in Ecuador.
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Spanish America
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Scientific expeditions--South America
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