Contemporary geodesy proceedings of a conference held at the Harvard College Observatory--Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1-2, 1958. Edited by Charles A. Whitten and Kenneth H. Drummond.

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Conference on Contemporary Geodesy (1958 : Cambridge, Mass.)

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Series: Geophysical monograph ; no. 4. | Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 708.Publication details: [Washington] American Geophysical Union of the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1959.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 95 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:

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Geodetic fundamentals: introduction / Milton O Schmidt -- Evolution of the geodetic concept / Alwyn R Robbins -- Geometric techniques in geodesy / Lansing G Simmons -- Some aspects of physical geodesy / Maurice Ewing, J Lamar Worzel, Manik Talwani -- Problems of modern geodesy: introduction / Charles A Whitten -- Some remarks on geodetic astronomy / Roman K C Johns -- Geodetic networks / Buford K Meade -- Orthometric, dynamic, and barometric heights / Norman F Braaten -- Gravity and gravity reduction / Donald A Rice -- Ellipsoid parameters from satellite data / John A O'Keefe, Nancy G Roman, Benjamin S Yaplee, Ann Eckels -- Geodesy and space: introduction / Fred L Whipple -- Rocketry / A B Mickelwait -- Satellites / J Allen Hynek -- Optical and electronic tracking / Raymond H Wilson -- Orbits in contemporary geodesy / C A Lundquist -- Computations / Don A Lautman -- Space navigation in the solar system / Walter Wrigley -- Appendix: list of participants.

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