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International geodesy in the post-war period, as seen by the French Bureau des longitudes (1917-1922)

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This paper studies the reconstitution of the InternationalGeodetic andGeophysical Union after the First World War. Covering the period 1917–1922, itquestions the historical signification of geodesy and its evolution from the local andparticular point of view of the members of the Bureau des longitudes, the French“academy of astronomical sciences” which included, from its creation in 1795,prestigious mathematicians, Navy and Artillery officers, and distinguished preci-sion instrument-makers. Taking as an archival sources the minutes of the Bureaudes longitudes, and focusing on its small but very significant network of actors,my proposal is twofold: firstly, showing the strong involvement of its members intothe administration of French sciences and technologies, and into the constitutionof a renewed and selected post-war international geodetic community. Secondly,and more generally, relying on a specific and national context of actors and instru-ments, I want to encourage a more extensive and comprehensive study of post-warinternational geodesy
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hal-03257303 , version 1 (10-06-2021)

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Martina Schiavon. International geodesy in the post-war period, as seen by the French Bureau des longitudes (1917-1922). Laurent Mazliak & Rossana Tazzioli. Mathematical Communities in the Reconstruction after the Great War (1918-1928). Trends in the History of Science, Springer Birkhäuser, 2021. ⟨hal-03257303⟩
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