BIOT, Traité élémentaire d'astronomie physique, 1805
BIOT, Jean-Baptiste.
Traité élémentaire d'astronomie physique, destiné a l'enseignement dans les lycées nationaux et les écoles secondaires.
Paris, Bernard, An xiii - 1805.
Four part in two volumes 8vo, (4)-xxviii-(2)-330 pages and 11 folding plates / (4)-[331-585] pages and 5 folding plates. binding : Original blind wrappers. Covers worn, missing on first volume.
First edition.
Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, and a member of the Institut National de France. His work focused on astronomy, optics, and geodesy. This work is a manual on physical astronomy, which is the study of the physics of celestial objects. It was designed for teaching in high schools and secondary schools.
This book is composed of four books, whose subjects are: General phenomena and means of observation, the theory of the Sun, the theory of the Moon and the theory of planets, comets and satellites.
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