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200 10$aNicolas-Louis de la Caille, astronomer and geodesist /$fI.S. Glass
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (201 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Early life; 2 The Cape; 3 The shape of the earth; 4 Notes about the Cape; 5 Later years; 6 Paradox resolved; Appendix 1 Astronomical terms; Appendix 2 Currency and length conversions; Appendix 3 Note on the Journal Historique; Appendix 4 Timeline; Appendix 5 Sources and acknowledgements; Appendix 6 Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D ; E; F ; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z
330 8 $aThis 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.
606   $aAstronomers$zFrance$vBiography
606   $aGeodesists$zFrance$vBiography
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