1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002764139707536

Autore

Cafarelli, Andrea

Titolo

La terra avara : assetti fondiari e forme di conduzione agraria nella Bassa Friulana, 1866-1914 : memoria presentata dal s.e. Giovanni Zalin nell'adunanza ordinaria del 23 maggio 1998 / Andrea Cafarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Venezia : Istituto veneto scienze lettere e arti, 1999

ISBN

8886166745

Descrizione fisica

372 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Memorie. Classe di scienze morali lettere ed arti ; 83

Altri autori (Persone)

Zalin, Giovanni

Disciplina

333.76

Soggetti

Paesaggio agrario - Friuli

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969533003321

Autore

Danson Edwin <1948->

Titolo

Weighing the world : the quest to measure the Earth / / Edwin Danson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780199725090

0199725098

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 289 p. : ill

Disciplina

526/.1

Soggetti

Science - Europe - History - 18th century

Industrial revolution - Europe - History

Earth (Planet) Figure Measurement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 I Cannot Be Wrong -- 2 The Titan King -- 3 A Calm and Gentle Character -- 4 The Galileo of France -- 5 Extreme Science -- 6 Robberies and Depredations -- 7 A Magnificent Military Sketch -- 8 Persons Well Versed -- 9 Very Expert in His Business -- 10 A Passage with My Horse -- 11 Frankenstein and Other Experiments -- 12 A Remarkable Hill -- 13 Important Observations -- 14 So Great a Noise -- 15 The Attraction of Mountains -- 16 The Best of the Position -- 17 Distinguished Merit -- 18 Late by a Whole Year -- 19 Geodetic Experiments -- 20 I Know It Will Answer -- 21 Offering Violence to Nature -- 22 A Meritorious Foreigner -- 23 Men Worthy of Confidence -- 24 Irregularities We Have Discovered -- Appendix: Explanations and Definitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

At the start of the 18th century, no one knew with any certainty the shape of the earth. Was our planet a perfect sphere or slightly squashed as Newton proposed? Master-surveyor and bestselling author Edwin Danson here presents the stories of the scientists and scholars who cut their way through jungles, crossed the artic tundra, and braved the world's highest mountains to discover the truth about our Earth. A spell-binding scientific adventure story, Weighing the World will



intrigue anyone curious about the shape of our planet and how we have come to know it.