Pierre BOUGUER
De la Méthode d'observer exactement sur mer la hauteur des astres. Pièce qui a remporté le prix proposé par l'Académie royale des sciences, pour l'année 1729
[Method for Observing the Height of the Stars at Sea]
Charles-Antoine Jombert|Paris 1751|19.3 x 24.6 cm|Broché
Second edition illustrated with two folding plates (cf. Polak 1048).
The first edition was published in 1729.
A hydrographer and mathematician, son of Jean Bouguer, Pierre Bouguer (1698–1758) would later gain recognition for his work on light and geodesy.
Disbound copy.
€500