Maupertuis
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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 arc5 cm), glazed tawny marbled calfskin (period) binding, adorned ribbed spine, red morocco title label, red edges, lovely margins, “l’esprit” bookplate, xxiv-[ pages (complete)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki] faites par ordre du roi au cercle polaireit 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 bookits length was much greater than that which could be deduced from picard's calculations in france: newton's theory prevailedin very good conditionblunt corners, rare pale spots of foxingthe arch was measured in lapland (kittis meridian), between pello in the north and tornea in the souththe 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 believedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeparis, de l'imprimerie royale, duodecimo volume (19the book makes public maupertuis' conclusions on the flattening of the earth at the polescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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