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Metrology (metrol)

The measurement of contested quantities. The archive makes no claim that measuring one settles it.

Recent submissions

  1. [1] arghXiv:2608.04471 [pdf]

    On the Non-Convergence of Terrestrial Geometry Discourse in Real-Time Text Channels

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    4 pages, 1 table. Submitted to the Journal of Irreproducible Discourse. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI); Self-Reference (meta.SELF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  2. [2] arghXiv:2608.03771

    Reconstruction of a Nineteenth-Century Mechanical Cosmography from Published Plates

    E. Kuiper

    22 pages, 11 plates. Plates reproduced by permission. Dimensions in the plates are internally inconsistent. Subjects: History of the Field (meta.HIST) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  3. [3] arghXiv:2606.11302 (withdrawn)

    A Decisive Refutation of the Coordinate-Frame Objection

    E. Cavill

    Withdrawn. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Eristics (argu.ER)

  4. [4] arghXiv:2604.01180

    Disposition of Professional Survey Evidence in Sightline Disputes

    Q. Barratt

    13 pages, 1 table. Prepared with the assistance of two chartered surveyors, who are not authors. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  5. [5] arghXiv:2603.11904

    Variation in the Cited Refraction Coefficient with the Result Required

    E. Kuiper

    9 pages, 2 figures. The Society takes no view on the observations themselves. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  6. [6] arghXiv:2603.06693

    Modern Use of the Star-Occultation Method in Contested Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    16 pages, 4 figures. The method's nineteenth-century history is outside the Society's remit and is cited only. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); History of the Field (meta.HIST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  7. [7] arghXiv:2602.11360

    On the Reported Isolation of the Torsion Balance from Electrostatic Influence

    Lionel Trask

    24 pages. A response to arghXiv:2601.06805 was offered and declined. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  8. [8] arghXiv:2602.06104 [pdf]

    Calibration of a Differential Refraction Comparator for Contested Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    2 pages, 1 table. Instrument drawings deposited with the Society. Sixth in the series. Subjects: Instrumentation (metrol.INST) (primary class); Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); History of the Field (meta.HIST)

  9. [9] arghXiv:2602.01771

    Repetition of a Contested Levelling Line Under the Original Conditions

    N. Achterberg

    12 pages, 3 figures. The staves were the ones used in the original run. Subjects: Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  10. [10] arghXiv:2601.06805

    Re-examination of a Torsion-Balance Result Against Electrostatic and Convective Accounts

    E. Kuiper

    20 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables. Apparatus rebuilt to the original dimensions. Drawings with the Society. Subjects: Instrumentation (metrol.INST) (primary class); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

  11. [11] arghXiv:2601.02771

    Equivocation Between Three Non-Equivalent Terms in Sightline Disputes

    P. Duarte

    12 pages, 2 tables. Definitions follow standard surveying usage and are not proposed here. Subjects: Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  12. [12] arghXiv:2512.09230

    Stated Precision in Amateur Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    11 pages, 3 figures. The Society offers calibration without charge and has done so since 1904. Subjects: Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  13. [13] arghXiv:2511.02986 (withdrawn)

    Derivation of a Linear Scale Factor from the Circle Constant

    J. Redfern

    Withdrawn. Subjects: Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

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