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"It is not a lucky word, this name 'impossible'; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths."
- Thomas Carlyle
(1795 - 1881)
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| | The Great ARC:
The Dramatic Tale of how India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
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| | by John Keay
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ZIN Product Number: 10007229
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 Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 0060932953
Release Date: Jan 10, 1995
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The Great Indian Arc of the Meridian, begun in 1800, was the longest measurement of the earth's surface ever to have been attempted. Its 1,600 miles of inch-perfect survey took nearly fifty years. Hailed as "one of the most stupendous works in the history of science," it was also one of the most perilous. Snowy mountains and tropical jungles, floods and fevers, tigers and scorpions all took their toll on the band of surveyors as they crossed the Indian subcontinent carrying instruments weighing half a ton.
William Lambton, an endearing genius, had conceived the idea; George Everest, an impossible martinet, completed it. This saga of astounding adventure and gigantic personalities not only resulted in the first accurate measurement of the highest peak in the world but defined India as we know it and significantly advanced our scientific understanding of the planet.
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| | | |  | | | | List of Illustrations | ix | | List of Maps | xii | | A Note on Spellings | xiii | | Foreword | xvii | | 1 | A Baptism of Fever | 1 | | 2 | The Elusive Lambton | 16 | | 3 | Tall Tales from the Hills | 33 | | 4 | Droog Dependent | 51 | | 5 | The Far-Famed Geodesist | 66 | | 6 | Everywhere in Chains | 80 | | 7 | Crossing the Rubicon | 92 | | 8 | So Far as Our Knowledge Extends | 111 | | 9 | Through the Haze of Hindustan | 127 | | 10 | Et in Arcadia | 140 | | 11 | A Stupendous Snowy Mass | 158 | | A Note on Sources | 173 | | Index | 177 |
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