Zero Degrees : : Geographies of the Prime Meridian / / Charles W. J. Withers.
Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scienti...
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Withers, Charles W. J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Zero Degrees : Geographies of the Prime Meridian / Charles W. J. Withers. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (336 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PROLOGUE -- Introduction -- PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION -- 1. "Absurd Vanity" -- 2. Declarations of Independence -- PART II. GLOBAL UNITY? -- 3. International Standards? -- 4. Globalizing Space and Time -- 5. Greenwich Ascendant -- PART III. GEOGRAPHICAL AFTERLIVES -- 6. Washington's "Afterlife" -- 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Geographical positions History. Meridians (Geodesy) History. SCIENCE / Time. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Materials Sc, Geosc 2017 9783110548235 ZDB-23-DPC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543315 print 9780674088818 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978935 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674978935 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674978935.jpg |
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