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Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist [electronic resource] : South African Astronomical Observatory / Ian Stewart Glass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:
  • 9780191749315 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 520.92 23
LOC classification:
  • QB36
Online resources: Summary: This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.
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This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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