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100 1 _aGlass, I. S.
_q(Ian S.)
245 1 0 _aNicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist : South African Astronomical Observatory /
_h[electronic resource]
_cIan Stewart Glass.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aThis 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.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
600 1 0 _aLa Caille, Nicolas Louis de,
_d1713-1762.
650 0 _aAstronomers
_zFrance
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAstronomy
_xObservations
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aGeodesy
_xObservations
_xHistory
_y18th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199668403
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199668403.001.0001
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