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Excerpt from Géodésie, ou Traité de la Figure de la Terre Et de Ses Parties: Comprenant la Topographie, l'Arpentage, le Nivellement, la Géomorphie Terrestre Et Astronomique, la Construction des Cartes, la Navigation, Leçons Données à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris
On n'a que de vagues notions sur les mesures de la Terre par les Chaldéens. Quant aux Romains, peuple le plus ignorant de l'antiquité, il n'y a rien à en dire sur ce sujet.
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