Notes by Romme (plus manuscript dealer's cover), largely to do with a paper by the astronomer César François Cassini de Thury ("Cassini fils") (1714-1784)
- Date:
- 18th century
- Reference:
- MS.7497/16
- Part of:
- Romme, Gilbert (1750-1795), French mathematician and republican politician
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
The paper by Cassini fils is on the voyage to California by the astronomer Jean Chappe d'Auteroche (1722-1769), with reference to the weight of sea-water and to the work of the scientist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and the astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande (1732-1807).
Publication/Creation
18th century
Physical description
1 item
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts