The figure of the earth, . determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the polar circle: by Messrs de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the abbé Outhier, correspondent of the Academy; and Mr. Celsius, ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052759
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],232p., [1], IX folded leaves of plates . ill.., map . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.5 (3 in later hand).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt cipher stamps of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758).
Makers and roles
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)