See also:

• GEODESY (from the Gr. y, the earth, and SatEty, to divide)

GEODESY (from the Gr. y, the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and SatEty, to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide)  , the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying (q.v.) extended to large tracts of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, having in view not only the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of maps of very See also:

• GREAT

great accuracy, but the determination of the curvature of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and eventually of the figure and dimensions of the earth . This last, indeed, may be the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• OBJECT

object in view, as was the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in the operations conducted in See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru and in See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland by the celebrated See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French astronomers P . See also:

• BOUGUER, PIERRE (1698-1758)

Bouguer, C . M. de la Condamine, P . L . M. de See also:

• MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE (1698–1759)

Maupertuis, A . C . See also:

• CLAIRAULT (or CLAIRAUT), ALEXIS CLAUDE (1713-1765)

Clairault and others; and the measurement of the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian arc of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France by P . F . A . Mechain and J . B .

J .