FOR THE UPCOMING 300th ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIAN GRAVIMETRY

In early May 1728 Louis de l'Isle de la Croyère, the extraordinary academician of the Academy of Sciences and Arts in St. Petersburg, carried out in Arkhangelsk one of the first in the world and the first in the Russian Empire measurement of gravity. In 1733–1741 he participated in the «Great N...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association «Educational-Scientific Center». Earth Sciences
Main Author: Блох Ю.И.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS 2020
Subjects:
gravimetry
arkhangelsk
«great northern expedition»
petropavlovsk-kamchatsky
Geology
QE1-996.5
Petropavlovsk
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Arkhangelsk
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2020-47-3-98-106
https://doaj.org/article/6d6309617be544f8938257501202087c
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Summary:In early May 1728 Louis de l'Isle de la Croyère, the extraordinary academician of the Academy of Sciences and Arts in St. Petersburg, carried out in Arkhangelsk one of the first in the world and the first in the Russian Empire measurement of gravity. In 1733–1741 he participated in the «Great Northern Expedition», led by Vitus Bering. While sailing on the ship «St. Pavel» under the command of A.I. Chirikov to the shores of America and after they discovered the Aleutian Islands, he died of scurvy and was buried on the site of the present city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. May 2028 marks the 300th anniversary of Russian gravimetry, and it's time to start preparing for the celebration of this event.

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