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... measurements covering the entire United States . His results were considered sufficiently accurate to be adopted as the International Ellipsoid by the Internation- al Association of Geodesy in 1924 , chiefly because of the inclusion of ...
... measurements covering the entire United States . His results were considered sufficiently accurate to be adopted as the International Ellipsoid by the Internation- al Association of Geodesy in 1924 , chiefly because of the inclusion of ...
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... measurements , and all in- formation from gravity measurements . One of the most extensive combinations of this kind was made by the American geodesist William Kaula in 1959 . Other techniques . Parallel to the work in gravimetric ...
... measurements , and all in- formation from gravity measurements . One of the most extensive combinations of this kind was made by the American geodesist William Kaula in 1959 . Other techniques . Parallel to the work in gravimetric ...
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... measurements may be needed over a range of frequencies . A third difference is that , whereas in dc measurements all possible elements are of the same type - i.e . , resistances - in ac measurements there are four basic elements : the ...
... measurements may be needed over a range of frequencies . A third difference is that , whereas in dc measurements all possible elements are of the same type - i.e . , resistances - in ac measurements there are four basic elements : the ...
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