摘要
清代康熙年间 ( 170 8～ 1718)在全国进行了空前规模的大地测量 ,测定了 630个经纬点 ,绘制了著名的全国地图———《皇舆全览图》。在测量中已发现纬度越高的地点 ,子午线每一度的直线距离越短 ,首次用测量方法证明地球为扁圆形。
A large-scale national land survey was conducted during kang xi's Reign(1708-1718)of the Qing Dynasty,degrees of longtude and latitude for 630 places were deternined,and famous national nap was drawn-Royal Map of China.The earth was first proved to be an oblate sphere by survey.It was found that the higher the latitude of a place was,the shorter the straight line distance between every degree of meridian was.
出处
《福建师大福清分校学报》
2003年第2期57-59,共3页
Journal of Fuqing Branch of Fujian Normal University
关键词
康熙
《皇舆全览图》
天文测量
三角测量经纬度
Kang xi
Royal Map of China
astronomical survey
trigonometrical survey of longitudc and latitued
