The measurement of contested quantities. The archive makes no claim that measuring one settles it.
[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] 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[3] arghXiv:2606.11302 (withdrawn)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Withdrawn.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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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)