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Re: Length of a meter...
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2025 Jun 24, 14:14 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2025 Jun 24, 14:14 -0700
> *From: *Dale Lichtblau > *Date: *2025 Jun 21, 12:06 -0700 > > The length of the meter calculated by Delanbre and Mechain is "roughly" > 0.2 millimeters short. The attached figure was used in 1740 to derive > this length by calculating the length of the meridian that runs through > Paris from the North pole to the equator. Is 1740 the correct year? The Wikipedia article says their arc measurement occurred decades later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_measurement_of_Delambre_and_M%C3%A9chain -- Paul Hirose sofajpl.com
