Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1749-1822)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3576. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Amiens, France. Produced tables of the location of planets and their satellites from observations made at his private observatory. Succeeded Méchain on the project to determine the size of the Earth, measuring the section from Dunkirk to Rodez. The detailed account of this project forms a three-volume book, and became the base of the metric system, defining the meter. Delambre...

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