‎LA CONDAMINE (C.M. DE)‎
‎Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi à l'Equateur servant d'introduction historique à la mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien -- EDITION ORIGINALE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎P., Imprimerie Royale, 1751, un volume i 4 relié en plein veau moucheté, dos orné de fers dorés, filets dorés sur les plats, toutes tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque), (petite épidermure au second plat), (1), 36pp., 280pp., 15pp., 1 carte dépliante, 1 tableau dépliant, 5 planches‎

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‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRRE ---- "La Condamine was one of the "Académiciens du Pérou" chosen by the Académie des Sciences to participate in an expedition to Peru for the purpose of measuring several degrees of meridian at the equator. By comparing their results with those obtained by a similar mission to Lapland, the Académie hoped to settle the controversy between the Newtonians and the Cartesians over whether the earth was flattened or elongated at the poles. La Condamine embarked for South America in 1735, accompanied by his fellow Academiciens Godin and Bouguer and the naturalist Joseph De Jussieu ; he reached Quito, in Peru, in June of the following year. The expedition's geodetic measurements, hampered by the rugged terrain and quarrels between the scientists, were completed in 1743, and eventually proved the validity of Newton's hypothesis". (Norman N° 1250) ---- Dans cet ouvrage La Condamine présente "année par année et mois par mois, la suite des occupations qui ont rempli les dix ans de notre absence et le récit des obstacles qui ont successivement retardé notre retour... J'ai mêlé à l'histoire de nos travaux le détail de quelques évènemens politiques..." (Préface) ---- DSB SUPPLEMENT**2958/L1‎

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