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Alexis Clairaut
French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (*1713 – †1765)
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Astronomy
Mathematics
Mechanics
Geodesy
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The figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the Polar Circle / by Messrs. de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier ... the Abbé Outhier ... and Mr. Celsius ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
Maupertuis, 1698-1759.
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Date: 1738
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La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations de Messieurs de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier ... et de M. l'Abbé Outhier ... accompagnés de M. Celsius ... faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire / Par M. de Maupertuis.
Maupertuis, 1698-1759.
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Date: [1738]
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[Alexis Claude Clairaut correspondence].
Clairaut, Alexis-Claude, 1713-1765
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Date: 2008-
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Theorie de la lune deduite du seul principe de l'attraction reciproquement proportionelle aux quarrés des distances / par M. Clairaut.
Clairaut, Alexis-Claude, 1713-1765.
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Date: 1752
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