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
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3052760
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],232p., [1], IX folded leaves of plates . ill.., map . 8vo.. Old Wimpole shelmarks: B/8 [pencil]; B.2.22 [black ink?]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double gilt fillets borders and spine; board edges blind rolled; text block edge sprinkled red; gilt lettered on brown spin-label: Figure of the earth.
Makers and roles
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)