ZERO DEGREES: GEOGRAPHIES OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN.(Book review)

[...]did the politics of metrology, the science of measurement: "The act of measurement is in fact laden with value is often an expression of power" (p. 115). Closely associated with this debate was the rise of the metric system, which was supposed to resolve the impasse about which system...

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Published in:	Geographical Review 2019, Vol.109 (2), p.285-287
Main Author:	Warf, Barney
Format:	Review
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Capitalism Cartography Debates Fleming, Sandford (1827-1915) International System of Units Metric system Observatories
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Summary:	[...]did the politics of metrology, the science of measurement: "The act of measurement is in fact laden with value is often an expression of power" (p. 115). Closely associated with this debate was the rise of the metric system, which was supposed to resolve the impasse about which system of measurement was to be used. Withers takes pains to show that the "adoption of the metric system was not to be a quid pro quo in the event that some nations might have to accept a prime meridian either than their own" (p. 190).
ISSN:	0016-7428 1931-0846