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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20180927175624.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0316859893 [hardbound] |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
University of Cebu- Banilad |
Transcribing agency |
University of Cebu- Banilad |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Alder, Ken. |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The measure of all things : |
Remainder of title |
the seven-year odyssey that transformed the world / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Ken Alder. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Little, Brown, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2002. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xii, 466 pages : |
Other physical details |
illustrations and maps ; |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Source |
rdacontent |
Content type term |
text |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Source |
rdamedia |
Media type term |
unmediated |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Source |
rdacarrier |
Carrier type |
volume |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Contents: Chapter one The north-going astronomer -- Chapter two The south-going astronomer -- Chapter three The measure of revolution -- Chapter four The castle of Mont-Jouy -- Chapter five A calculating people -- Chapter six Fear of France -- Chapter seven Convergence -- Chapter eight Triangulation -- Chapter nine The empire of Science -- Chapter ten The broken arc -- Chapter eleven Mechain's mistake, delambre's peace -- Chapter twelve The metred globe. |
541 ## - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE |
Deans/Chairperson |
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Department |
General Education |
Subject Category |
General Education : Philosophy |
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
Language note |
English |
600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Delambre, J. B. J. |
Dates associated with a name |
1749-1822. |
Fuller form of name |
(Jean Baptiste Joseph), |
600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Méchain, Pierre, |
Dates associated with a name |
1744-1804. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Arc measures |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Meter (Unit) |
General subdivision |
History. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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Type of record |
Book |
998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
Encoded by |
Lery[new] |
Date encoded |
09/27/2018 |