MATHEMATIK - D'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste le Rond. Recherches sur differens points importans du systeme du monde. 3 Bde. Mit 6 gest. Tafeln. Paris, David, 1754-56. 4°. Marmorierte Lederbände d. Z. Lalande, S. 453 - Roller/Goodman I, S. 26 (nur Mikrofilm). - Erste Ausgabe von d'Alemberts System der Welt. - "Devoted primarily to the motion of the moon (volume III included a new set of lunar tables), it was written at least partially to guard d'Alembert's claims to originality against those of Clairaut. As was so often the case, d'Alembert's method was mathematically more sound, but Clairaut's method was more easily used by astronomers" (DSB).
MATHEMATIK - D'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste le Rond. Recherches sur differens points importans du systeme du monde. 3 Bde. Mit 6 gest. Tafeln. Paris, David, 1754-56. 4°. Marmorierte Lederbände d. Z. Lalande, S. 453 - Roller/Goodman I, S. 26 (nur Mikrofilm). - Erste Ausgabe von d'Alemberts System der Welt. - "Devoted primarily to the motion of the moon (volume III included a new set of lunar tables), it was written at least partially to guard d'Alembert's claims to originality against those of Clairaut. As was so often the case, d'Alembert's method was mathematically more sound, but Clairaut's method was more easily used by astronomers" (DSB).
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