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Lapland Meridian Measurement
- When
- 1736
- Where
- Lapland
Maupertuis led the 1736 mission to Lapland to measure a meridian arc degree.
Acting as chief of the French Geodesic Mission, Maupertuis traveled to Lapland in 1736. The objective was to measure the length of a degree of arc of the meridian to help determine the shape of the Earth.
Sources
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-02
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