XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004 - GFZ

1862-67 Execution of the Central European Arc Measurement
→ world-wide first intern. scientific cooperation between states !
1866-85 Central Bureau of the CEAM and EAM in Berlin under BAEYER
1867-86 European Arc Measurement
1870 On the application of J. J. BAEYER foundation of the Royal Prussian
Geodetic Institute at Berlin with the obligations:
• to serve as the Central Bureau for the CEAM and the EAM
(→ forerunner for todays IAG);
• to carry out - in this framework of international collaboration - the
related works in Prussia;
• to continue and further develop - as a permanent task - the higher
geodesy, astronomy and physical-technical sciences in Prussia.
1878 Theoryof thefigureof theEarthby Ernst Heinrich BRUNS (1848-1919),
Prof. of Mathematics in Berlin (1878-82), later for Astronomy in Leipzig
Peter Bormann XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004