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

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.