Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist
Early lifeThe Cape -- The shape of the earth -- Notes about the Cape -- Later years -- Paradox resolved.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford
Oxford Univ. Press
2013
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Early lifeThe Cape -- The shape of the earth -- Notes about the Cape -- Later years -- Paradox resolved. This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 194 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 019966840X 0-19-966840-X 9780199668403 978-0-19-966840-3 |