John W Kennedy wrote:
On May 21, 2008, at 4:29 AM, Daniel Carrera wrote:
The metre was never based on the distance from Paris to the North
Pole. It was based on the meridian measured from the equator to the
North Pole.
Specified as being taken along a line /through/ Paris, however.
Does that make a difference for the length of the metre? I can't
immediately see how some parts of the equator can be further from the
north pole than other parts of the equator. To my knowledge, the very
definitions of north pole and equator ensure that the north pole is
equidistant to all points in the equator. Unless the definition of metre
included terrain features like mountains and valleys. I sure hope it didn't.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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