01530nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000113307 StDuBDS 20170921122316.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 121213s2013 enka fo| 001 0beng|d 9780191749315 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS QB36 520.92 23 Glass, I. S. (Ian S.) Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist : South African Astronomical Observatory / [electronic resource] Ian Stewart Glass. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 1 online resource : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. This 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. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012). La Caille, Nicolas Louis de, 1713-1762. Astronomers France Biography. Astronomy Observations History 18th century. Geodesy Observations History 18th century. Print version 9780199668403 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199668403.001.0001 ddc BK 38280 38280