Weighing the World

Weighing the World recounts the quest to discover an enigmatic natural force-the curious capability that mountains have to bend gravity-and of an extraordinary experiment that transformed our understanding of the world. Written to appeal to general readers interested in popular science, this book will also be greeted with enthusiasm by surveyors, historians of science, physicists, and other specialist audiences.

Edwin Danson is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. He is the author of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America.

Preface
1: I Cannot Be Wrong
2: The Titan King
3: A Calm And Gentle Character
4: The Galileo Of France
5: Extreme Science
6: Robberies And Depredations
7: A Magnificent Military Sketch
8: Persons Well Versed
9: Very Expert In His Business
10: A Passage With My Horse
11: Frankenstein And Other Experiments
12: A Remarkable Hill
13: Important Observations
14: So Great A Noise
15: The Attraction of Mountains
16: The Best Of The Position
17: Distinguished Merit
18: Late A Whole Year
19: Geodetic Experiments
20: I Know It Will Answer
21: Offering Violence To Nature
22: A Meritorious Foreigner
23: Men Worthy Of Confidence
24: Irregularities We Have Discovered
Explanations and Definitions