The Meaning of Precision: The Utility of Exact Experiment in 19th Century Prussia
FAIN: RH-21005-91
Georgetown University (Washington, DC 20057-0001)
Kathryn Olesko (Project Director: October 1990 to April 1996)
To support a study of precision measurement in 19th-century Prussia, focusing on methods of analysis introduced by the astronomer F. W. Bessel and their application to the analysis of social and economic data.