The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: by Messrs. De Maupertuis, Camus, Clairault, Le Monnier, Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the Abbe Outhier, Correspondent of the Academy; and Mr, Celsius, Professor of Astronomy at Upsal. Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: by Messrs. De Maupertuis, Camus, Clairault, Le Monnier, Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the Abbe Outhier, Correspondent of the Academy; and Mr, Celsius, Professor of Astronomy at Upsal. Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis. | Libri antichi e moderni | Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau De)
Libri antichi e moderni
Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau De)
London: Printed for T. Cox, 1737.,
The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: by Messrs. De Maupertuis, Camus, Clairault, Le Monnier, Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the Abbe Outhier, Correspondent of the Academy; and Mr, Celsius, Professor of Astronomy at Upsal. Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: by Messrs. De Maupertuis, Camus, Clairault, Le Monnier, Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the Abbe Outhier, Correspondent of the Academy; and Mr, Celsius, Professor of Astronomy at Upsal. Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis. | Libri antichi e moderni | Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau De)
Libri antichi e moderni
Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau De)
London: Printed for T. Cox, 1737.,
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Regno Unito)
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- Autore
- Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau De)
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- London: Printed for T. Cox, 1737.
- Soggetto
- SCIENCE SIR ISAAC NEWTON LAPLAND NORTH POLE POLAR CIRCLE
Descrizione
first English edition, 8vo (197 x 123 mm), vii, [1], 232pp., folding engraved map and 9 folding plates, charming engraved head-piece of sled being pulled by a reindeer, title with unobtrusive light water-stain to lower outer corner, generally a crisp clean copy, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, slightly rubbed but a very good copy. First English translation, published in the same year as the French original. An account of the French expedition to Lapland made to measure a degree of meridian at the North Pole, thereby verifying the Newtonian hypothesis that the earth was flatter towards the poles. Provenance: Contemporary signature of W. Dawker at head of front free endpaper.
