00935cam a2200253 4500 598902260 TxAuBib 20021025120000.0 020420s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002070267 9780743216753 $27.00 074321675X $27.00 DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Alder, Ken. The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world / Ken Alder. New York : Free Press, 2002. x, 422 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-400) and index. 20021025. Delambre, J. B. J Jean Baptiste Joseph 1749-1822. Méchain, Pierre 1744-1804. Arc measures History. Meter (Unit) History.