A profile of General Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero: first president of the International Geodetic Association.
Abstract
The exploits of the multifaceted scientist (engineer, geodesist, metrologist) General Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero (1825 - 1891), Marqués de Mulhacén, are recounted. A bibliography of his relevant work is included.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geodesy
- Pub Date:
- 1997
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1997JGeod..71..176S
- Keywords:
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- History of Astronomy: Biography;
- History of Astronomy: Astronomical Geodesy