Neville J You said in -- From Neville Jones Mon May 12 23:32:18 2008 -- Has this equatorial 'bulge' been measured or observed? Or is it assumed? Perhaps you missed this -- From Paul Deema Mon Aug 20 15:16:59 2007 -- http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/geodetic1.html Here you will find a reference to the measurement in the middle 1730s. The results showed conclusively that one degree of themeridian was longer in Lapland than at Paris and proved Newton's postulate to be correct. The expedition to Peru, the present day Ecuador departed in 1735 and returned nineyears later with results that confirmed the Lapland finding, i.e. one degree of the meridian is shorter at the equator than in France. [Emphasis added] I sought to illustrate this -- see attachment -- but it appears to my eye that the illustration and the description differ. If anyone can alleviate my dilemma, I'd be grateful. Paul D Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail
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