Research Catalog

Title

The figure of the earth [electronic resource] : determined from observations made by order of the French King at the polar circle / by Messrs. de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, the abbé Outhier and Mr. Celsius. ; translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.

Author

Maupertuis, 1698-1759.

Publication

London : Printed for T. Cox, C. Davis, and J. and P. Knapton, 1738.

Details

Description

vii, 232 p., [10] fold. leaves of plates : ill., map; 21 cm.

Uniform Title

Figure de la terre. English

Alternative Title

Figure de la terre.

Subject

• Arc measures > Early works to 1800
• Earth > Figure > Early works to 1800

Note

• English translation of the author's original French: Figure de la terre.
• Sabin no. 46946.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

CTRG04-B198

Author

Maupertuis, 1698-1759.

Title

The figure of the earth [electronic resource] : determined from observations made by order of the French King at the polar circle / by Messrs. de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, the abbé Outhier and Mr. Celsius. ; translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Cox, C. Davis, and J. and P. Knapton, 1738.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG04-B198

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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