PUISSANT, L. (LOUIS) - CREATING THE MAP OF FRANCE.

Traité de Géodésie, ou Exposition des Méthodes Astronomiques et Trigonométriques, appliquées soit à la mesure de la Terre, soit à la confection du canevas des Cartes et des Plans.

Paris, Courcier, 1805. 4to. Contemp. Full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page.Corners a bit bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. XXIV,318,( 4 Errata) pp., 16 Tables and 10 large folded engraved plates (apparatus). Wide-margined and clean.

First edition. Pouissant is best remembered for his invention of a new map projection for a new map of France, and he was involved in the production of the map. The map was produced with considerable detail, the projection used spherical trigonometry, truncated power series and differential geometry as described here.

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