{"product_id":"9780006531234","title":"The Great Arc : The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Keay, John \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/08\/2001,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages, 16 b\/w plates (16pp), (+ maps \u0026amp; diagrams),\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780006531234,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The graphic story of the measurement of a meridian, or longitudinal, arc extending from the tip of the Indian subcontinent to the mountains of the Himalayas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Much the longest such measurement hitherto made, it posed horrendous technical difficulties, made impossible physical demands on the survey parties (jungle, tigers, mountains etc.), and took over 50 years. But the scientific results were commensurate, including the discovery of the world’s highest peaks and a new calculation of the curvature of the earth’s surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Indian Mutiny of 1857 triggered a massive construction of roads, railways, telegraph lines and canals throughout India: all depended heavily on the accuracy of the maps which the Great Arc had made possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56442716029301,"sku":"9780006531234","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780006531234.jpg?v=1765011215","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780006531234","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}