An Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth by Means of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in Different Latitudes : (Record no. 514764)
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| control field | UkCbUP |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781139839372 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781108062077 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | x------ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QB335 |
| Item number | .S33 1825 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 525.1 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sabine, Edward, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name | Sir, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1788-1883, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth by Means of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in Different Latitudes : |
| Remainder of title | As Well As on Various Other Subjects of Philosophical Inquiry / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Edward Sabine. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Place of publication not identified : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | publisher not identified, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1825. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | Cambridge University Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xx, 511 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - Content Type (R) | |
| Content type term (R) | text |
| Content type code (R) | txt |
| Source (NR) | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - Media Type (R) | |
| Media type term (R) | computer |
| Media type code (R) | c |
| Source (NR) | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) | |
| Carrier type term (R) | online resource |
| Carrier type code (R) | cr |
| Source (NR) | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| სერიის ცნობა | Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | As early as the seventeenth century, scientists realised that a pendulum swings more slowly at the equator than it would at the North Pole. Newton predicted that gravity increased with latitude, and that the Earth could not be perfectly spherical. Although various experiments were undertaken to determine the exact degree of this ellipticity, none proved successful until physicist Edward Sabine (1788-1883) embarked on a series of expeditions across the world. Based on pendulum measurements from a wide range of latitudes, from Jamaica to Spitsbergen, his results were very different to mathematical predictions, and far more accurate; Charles Babbage would even complain that they were too good to be true. In this account, which first appeared in 1825, Sabine explains his methodology and presents his findings. His book opens a fascinating window into nineteenth-century geodesy for students in the history of science. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Gravity |
| General subdivision | Measurement. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Geodesy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Pendulum. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Earth (Planet) |
| General subdivision | Figure |
| -- | Measurement. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108062077 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Cambridge library collection. |
| Name of part/section of a work | Physical sciences. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839372">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839372</a> |
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