P., Imprimerie Royale, 1738, un volume in 8 relié en plein veau blond glacé, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (deux taches brunes sur le second plat), 24pp., (2-tables des matières), 184pp., 1 CARTE DEPLIANTE, 9 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES
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---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE GRAND DE MARGE ---- Ex-libris MR LIEFFROY contrecollé au verso du premier plat de reliure ---- "THE FIRST CONFIRMATION OF NEWTON'S PREDICTION THAT THE EARTH IS FLATTENED AT THE POLE BY THE FOREMOST PROPONENT OF THE NEWTONIAN MOVEMENT IN FRANCE" ---- "A FAMOUS BOOK ON THE APPLANATION OF THE EARTH AT THE POLES. MAUPERTUIS adopted ans explained NEWTON's propositions on attraction and on the figure of the earth ; and he conducted an expediton to LAPLAND for the measurement of an arc of the meridian, the result of which was fatal to the cartesian hypothesis. THIS ONE OF THOSE SPENDIDLY PRODUCED SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY". Babson n° 94) ---- DSB X pp. 286-189**3600/ARB3
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