Gauging the Earth

DOI10.1017/S0025557200000140MaRDI QIDQ5350598zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John D. Mahony

Publication date 1 September 2017

Published in The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200000140

zbMATH Keywords

measurement devicepercentage error due to approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Geophysics (86A99) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50)

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