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maupertuis (pierre-louis moreau de) la figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations [the academy then sent la condamine and bouguer to peru and maupertuis to lapland, in order to directly measure a meridian arcit is illustrated with a map of the meridian arc measured at the arctic circle and 9 fold-out figures bound at the end of the bookparis, de l'imprimerie royale, duodecimo volume (19the expedition which he led, sponsored by minister maurepas, was intended to verify the claims of huyghens and newton, who had concluded from richer's measurements in ecuador that the earth was not perfectly round as was believedblunt corners, rare pale spots of foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein very good conditionthe book makes public maupertuis' conclusions on the flattening of the earth at the polesits length was much greater than that which could be deduced from picard's calculations in france: newton's theory prevailedthe arch was measured in lapland (kittis meridian), between pello in the north and tornea in the southplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 cm), glazed tawny marbled calfskin (period) binding, adorned ribbed spine, red morocco title label, red edges, lovely margins, “l’esprit” bookplate, xxiv-[ pages (complete)] faites par ordre du roi au cercle polaireare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecomplete in itself, contents: recherche des loix du mouvement loi du repos astronomie nautique ou éléments d'astronomie discours sur la parallaxe de la lune read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 4, full leather binding in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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