Successful road to the 3rd General Assembly of the IUGG in Prague, the facts and subsequent developments

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Successful road to the 3rd General Assembly of the IUGG in Prague, the facts and subsequent developments

Original language description

Historical considerations in this contribution are motivated by the start of the work concerning the Central European Grade Measurements. This time and its trace are briefly described with a particular view to the Bohemian Crown Lands. The contribution then focuses on the period after 1919 and an international scientific cooperation on a non-governmental level, mainly within the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. The Czech National Committee of Geodesy and Geophysics was quite active and already the 3rd General Assembly of the Union was held in Prague in 1927 (after Rome and Madrid). Number of historical documents concerning this meeting is presented in this connection, including topics discussed and photographs. Also the international andCzech national protagonists and figures of that time are mentioned. Particular attention is paid to geodesy section of the Union later known as the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). The national organizational structure in geode

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Type

A - Audiovisual production

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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Place of publication

Berlin

Publisher/client name

Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V. in Zusammenarbeit mit DVW Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

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