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    Trait‚ du nivellement, easel

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    Author
    Picard, M (Jean), 1620-1682
    Date
    1728
    Abstract
    Picard was an ordained Jesuit priest, professor of astronomy at the College de France and a member of the Academie Royale de Sciences. He was the first to accurately compute the size of the Earth.
    Description
    Page image from bound volume which has the following bibliographic description: 7 preliminary leaves, 212, 12 unnumbered pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations, diagrams ; 17 cm
    Citation
    Picard, M (Jean), 1620-1682. "Trait‚ du nivellement, easel." (1728) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/78818.
    Keyword
    Astronomy--Early works to 1800
    Type
    Book
    Publisher
    Rice University
    Citable link to this page
    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/78818
    Rights
    This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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