Picard, Jean:

$1,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

TRAITÉ DE NIVELLEMENT....AVEC UNE RELATION DE QUELQUES NIVELLEMENS FAITS PAR ORDRE DU ROY. ET UN ABBREGÉ DE LA MESURE DE LA TERRE DU MÊME AUTEUR. First edition of Picard's treatise on surveying and leveling, written as part of the results of his research into the measurement of the circumference of the earth. Prepared for publication by Philippe de la Hire following Picard's death, the work was considered a standard source on the subject and was reprinted in numerous editions through the third-quarter of the 18th-century. The finely executed plates in this first edition include illustrations of Picard's level and alternative instruments designed by Huygens, Romer, and la Hire.

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