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MAUPERTUIS, La Figure de la Terre, 1739
MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis Moreau (de).
La Figure de la Terre, déterminée par les observations de messieurs De Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier, de l'Académie royale des sciences et de M. L'Abbé Outhier, correspondant de la même académie, accompagnés de M. Celsius, professeur d'astronomie à Upsal.
Paris, s.n., 1739.
8vo (196x120 mm), xxiv-(4)-208 pages and 1 map. binding : Contemporary full calf, spine in six compartments. Binding rubbed, caps worn. Leave D3 restored.
New edition with figures in text.
Results of Maupertuis' expedition to Lapland to measure the Earth's median and experimentally confirm Newton's hypothesis that the Earth is flattened at the poles.
references: Norman [1458, ed. 1738 :"Maupertuis and Clairaut made up part of the Academie's small but youthful and pugnacious band of Newtonians, who believed the shape of the earth to be that of an oblate ellipsoid. The expedition's results, which supported the Newtonian theory of gravitation, were met with hostility at first"].
Price : 450 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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