Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist

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256 pages 2012

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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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