French Geodesic Mission to Lapland

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The French Geodesic Mission to Lapland was an 18th-century scientific expedition that measured a meridian arc near the Arctic Circle to test the Earth's shape and confirm Newton's theory of an oblate spheroid.


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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
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