Volume 1

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 ... the Abbé Outhier ... and Mr. Celsius ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.

  • Maupertuis, 1698-1759.
Date:
1738
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Credit: 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 ... the Abbé Outhier ... and Mr. Celsius ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I Chap* VIL Verifications of the Sefflor. p. i52 Chap* VIII, Determination of the Degree of the Meridian which cuts the Polar Cir¬ cle„ 158 Chap.IX. A Method to determine the Fi¬ gure of the Farth from the Lengths of two Degrees of the Meridian. 164 BOOK IL Chap. I. Ohfervations of Ardlurus, and of the Pole-Starz at Tornea and at Paris. 168 Chap, IL Height of the Pole at Tornea. 176 1 Chap, III. Meridian Altitudes of the Sun. 179 Chap. IV. Determination of the Refrac¬ tions\ 182