Peirce Geodetic Monument
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
The Peirce Geodetic Monument is a marker honoring the late American
Description
The Peirce Geodetic Monument is made of
A plaque commemorating Charles Sanders Peirce is included on the side of the monument. A second plaque is located on the concrete bench behind the monument and describes the sculpture's functionality as a geodetic marker. The monument's metal top piece includes inscriptions of the exact latitude, longitude, and altitude that is useful for map creators, architects, landscapers, engineers, and scientists.[3] There are other markers by the Indianapolis government buildings, but the Peirce marker "will serve as a vertical and horizontal reference point".[3]
History
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. National Geodetic Survey donated and placed the marker on campus to honor Charles Sanders Peirce's contributions to multiple disciplines and IUPUI's work to compile his unpublished manuscripts.[3] IUPUI's Peirce Edition Project has been ongoing since 1976.[2] The IUPUI project is an attempt to publish Charles Sanders Peirce's hand-written manuscripts and put them in chronological order.[4] As of April 2010, Volumes 1-6[4] and 8[5] of the anticipated thirty volumes have been published. The artist or manufacturer of the monument is unknown.
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See also
- Broken Walrus I
- Eve
- Mega-Gem
- Spaces with Iron
- Temple VI
- Torso Fragment
- Untitled (Faces)
- Untitled (L's)
- Zephyr
References
- ^ a b c d "Global Positioning: Magnetism and Pragmatism Put IUPUI on the Map" (PDF). Next Steps. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-12.
- ^ a b c (Press release). News Bureau. 1987-06-24.
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(help) - ^ a b c Sharp, Jo Ellen Meyers (June 29, 1987), "Marker will locate IUPUI precisely", Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana
- ^ a b "News from the Peirce Edition Project - June 2009". The Peirce Edition Project. June 2009. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ See IUP catalog page for Writings v. 8, accessed 2010-4-25 (as of which date, publication remains unannounced at PEP Website Archived 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine). Regarding v. 7, see 2009-03-18 peirce-l post by Cornelis de Waal (v. 8 editor).
- ^ "About SOS!". heritagepreservation.org. 2009. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.