F.W. Bessel (1825): the Calculation of Longitude and Latitude from Geodesic Measurements

Citation

Karney, C. F. F., & Deakin, R. E. (2010). FW Bessel (1825): The calculation of longitude and latitude from geodesic measurements. Astronomische Nachrichten, 331(8), 852-861.

Abstract

This is an English translation of F.W. Bessel’s paper on geodesics which appeared as Über die Berechnung der geographischen Längen und Breiten aus geodätischen Vermessungen, Astronomische Nachrichten 4, 241–254 (1825) (© 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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