01530nam a2200325 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050000900173082001500182100002700197245014400224260004600368300003000414504005100444520028300495588009000778600004500868650003600913650005200949650005001001776003301051856009101084942001201175999001701187EDZ0000113307StDuBDS20170921122316.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||121213s2013    enka   fo|    001 0beng|d  a9780191749315 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aQB3604a520.922231 aGlass, I. S.q(Ian S.)10aNicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist : South African Astronomical Observatory /h[electronic resource] cIan Stewart Glass.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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.  aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).10aLa Caille, Nicolas Louis de,d1713-1762. 0aAstronomerszFrancevBiography. 0aAstronomyxObservationsxHistoryy18th century. 0aGeodesyxObservationsxHistoryy18th century.08iPrint versionz9780199668403403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199668403.001.0001  2ddccBK  c38280d38280