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CONDAMINE [Charles Marie de la] Mesure des trois premiers degres du meridien dans l'hemisphere au...
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CONDAMINE [Charles Marie de la]
Mesure des trois premiers degres du meridien dans l'hemisphere austral ... 1st edition, engraved vignette on the titlepage, 3 engraved fldg. plates, contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, corners worn, bookplate of the Earl of Breadalbane, 4to., Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1751
Note: Described as "The greatest geographic event of the eighteenth century as
regards South America" (Hill), the work presents an account of Condamine's eight year expedition to Peru to measure the meridian near the equator which in conjunction with a similar expedition by Maupertius, Clairaut and Celsius to Lapland to measure the meridian near the North Pole, confirmed Newton's ellipsoid view of the Earth.
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