Article ID: CBB001211297

The “nec plus ultra” of Precision Measurement: Geodesy and the Forgotten Purpose of the Metre Convention (2012)

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I examine the contribution of geodesy to techniques and standards of precision length measurement. That allows rediscovery of the original, geodetic, purpose of the Metre Convention of 1875. The International Metre created by that convention is shown to be the first global étalon of length. I emphasise the role of the coherence of the web of measurement in the context of change in standards.

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Authors & Contributors
Quinn, Terry J.
J. E. Wolff
Miguel Ohnesorge
Epstein, Jessica
Brown, Nathan
Sartori, Sergio
Concepts
Measurement
Metric system
Standards and standardization
Exactness; precision; accuracy
Metrology
Geodesy
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Ottoman Empire
Greenwich (England)
Latvia
Turkey
Russia
Institutions
Convention du mètre (1875)
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Latvian Academy of Sciences
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