Picture No | 10085068 |
Date | 1736-37 |
Description | Maupertuis in Lapland |
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PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS (1698 - 1759) French mathematician and astronomer sent to Lapland by Louis XV to measure a degree of longitude.
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Source | Engraving by J. Ansseau, drawing by P. Feratin, Figuier Savants du Dix-Huitieme Siecle (1882) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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