TitleNicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist : South African Astronomical Observatory
Author(s)Ian Stewart Glass
PublicationOxford, 1. c2013 2. Oxford University Press,
Description1 online resource : ill
Abstract NoteThis 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
NotesIncludes bibliographical references and index
ISBN,Price9780191749315 (ebook)
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers 2. ASTRONOMY 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 5. GEODESY
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