Implementation of new scientific methods

Implementation of new scientific methods ← Previous revision Revision as of 09:01, 6 May 2026 Line 3: Line 3: == Implementation of new scientific methods == == Implementation of new scientific methods == The creation of the International Geodetic Association marked, following the examples of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Geodesy - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Geodesy |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> the systematic adoption of more rigorous scientific methods, including the application of the [[least squares]] method in geodesy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mesure du 1er mètre : une erreur qui changea le monde |url=https://www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/actualite/articles/mesure-du-1er-metre-une-erreur-qui-changea-le-monde-2715/ |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Techniques de l'Ingénieur |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lebon |first=Ernest (1846-1922) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k949666 |title=Histoire abrégée de l'astronomie / par Ernest Lebon,... |date=1899 |pages=168-172 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Adrien-Marie Legendre]] had published his ''Nouvelle méthode pour la règlement des orbites des comètes'' (New Method for Determining the Orbits of Comets) in 1805, and in the appendix described his new least squares method, which played a crucial role in reducing geodetic data. There is a dispute regarding priority in the invention of this method. [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] claimed to have invented and used the least squares method around 1795; he published its essential elements in his work ''Theoria motus corporum celestium in sectionibus conicis solem ambientium'' (Theory of the Motion of the Celestial Body in Sections of Conical Spaces), published in 1809. The creation of the International Geodetic Association marked, following the examples of [[Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] and [[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Geodesy - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Geodesy |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> the systematic adoption of more rigorous scientific methods, including the application of the [[least squares]] method in geodesy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mesure du 1er mètre : une erreur qui changea le monde |url=https://www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/actualite/articles/mesure-du-1er-metre-une-erreur-qui-changea-le-monde-2715/ |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Techniques de l'Ingénieur |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lebon |first=Ernest (1846-1922) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k949666 |title=Histoire abrégée de l'astronomie / par Ernest Lebon,... |date=1899 |pages=168-172 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Adrien-Marie Legendre]] had published his ''Nouvelle méthode pour la règlement des orbites des comètes'' (New Method for Determining the Orbits of Comets) in 1805, and in the appendix described his new least squares method, which played a crucial role in reducing geodetic data. There is a dispute regarding priority in the invention of this method. [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] claimed to have invented and used the least squares method around 1795; he published its essential elements in his work ''Theoria motus corporum celestium in sectionibus conicis solem ambientium'' (Theory of the Motion of the Celestial Body in Sections of Conical Spaces), published in 1809. == Notes == == Notes ==