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La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations de Messieurs Bouguer, & de la Condamine, de l' Académie Royale des Sciences, envoyes par ordre du Roy au Pérou, pour observer aux environs de l' Equateur : avec une relation abregée de ce voyage, qui contient la description du pays dans
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The shape of the earth, determined by the observations of Mr. Bouguer, and La Condamine, the Royal Academy of Sciences, sent by order of the king in Peru, to observe the neighborhood of Ecuador: a short account of this trip, which contains the description of the country where the measurements were
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Lamontagne, Roland. "Pierre Bouguer, 1698–1758, un Blaise Pascal du XVIIIe siècle; Suivi d'une correspondence (Pierre Bouguer, 1698–1758, a Blaise Pascal of the 18th century; followed by correspondence)". Manuscript. Montreal: Université de Montreal,
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or complete ring of light that has a radius of 39 degrees and is centred on the antisolar point. When observed, it is usually in the form of a separate outer ring around an anticorona."
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Lamontagne, Roland. "La vie et l’oeuvre de Pierre Bouguer (The life and work of Pierre Bouguer)" Montreal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 1964
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Bouguer's Mémoire presented to the Academy of Sciences in 1734 and published in 1736 was the first treatise on the theory of dome.
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as a measure of ships' stability. His later writings were nearly all upon the theory of navigation and naval architecture.
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Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800
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Plotting the Globe: Stories of Meridians, Parallels, and the International Date Line
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Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped Our World
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as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. He also invented a
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A large bronze statue of him stands at the port in Le Croisic; see
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On the best method of observing the variation of the compass at sea
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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In 1746 he published the first treatise of naval architecture,
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Traité d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière [lat]
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On the best method of observing the altitude of stars at sea
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French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1698–1758)
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His name is also recalled as the meteorological term
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Le Croisic
mathematician
geophysicist
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Jean Bouguer
hydrographers
Regius Professor
hydrography
Le Croisic
Brittany
navigation
French Academy of Sciences
Leonhard Euler
atmosphere
Beer-Lambert law

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