LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de. Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral . Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751.
LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de. Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral . Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751. 4 o (250 x 194 mm). Engraved vignette on title-page, engraved head-pieces, 3 engraved folding plates. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, edges stained red (a few small wormholes on spine, corners lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION. Hoping to settle the controversy between the Newtonians and the Cartesians over whether the earth was flattened or elongated at the poles, the Académie des Sciences sent La Condamine and other scientists to measure degrees of meridian at the equator. The expedition completed its measurements in 1743 and eventually proved the validity of Newton's theory. At end is: Nouveau projet d'une mesure invariable propre a devenir universalle , 8 pages, not recorded in the Norman collation. Borba de Moraes I:447; Norman 1249; Sabin 38483. A TALL, CRISP COPY.
LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de. Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral . Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751.
LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de. Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere austral . Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751. 4 o (250 x 194 mm). Engraved vignette on title-page, engraved head-pieces, 3 engraved folding plates. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, edges stained red (a few small wormholes on spine, corners lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION. Hoping to settle the controversy between the Newtonians and the Cartesians over whether the earth was flattened or elongated at the poles, the Académie des Sciences sent La Condamine and other scientists to measure degrees of meridian at the equator. The expedition completed its measurements in 1743 and eventually proved the validity of Newton's theory. At end is: Nouveau projet d'une mesure invariable propre a devenir universalle , 8 pages, not recorded in the Norman collation. Borba de Moraes I:447; Norman 1249; Sabin 38483. A TALL, CRISP COPY.
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