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Nicolas Louis de La Caille

15 March 1713 - 21 March 1762

Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750-1754 he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present day South Africa. Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using just a half-inch refractor.

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  • Cover of: Leçons élémentaires d'optique

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  • Cover of: Leçons élémentaires de mathématiques, ou, Elemens d'algebre et de géométrie

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  • Cover of: Leçons élémentaires d'astronomie, geométrique, et physique

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  • Cover of: Clarissimi viri D. de La Caille ... Lectiones elementares mathematicae, seu Elementa algebrae, et geometriae

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  • Cover of: The elements of astronomy: deduced from observations, and demonstrated upon the mathematical principles of the Newtonian philosophy : with practical rules whereby the principal phenomena are determined : to which is annexed, a treatise of projection in general ...

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  • Cover of: A catalogue of 9766 stars in the southern hemisphere, for the beginning of the year 1750, from the observations of the Abbe de Lacaille made at the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1751 and 1752

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  • Cover of: Travels at the Cape, 1751-53: an annotated translation of Journal historique du voyage fait au Cap de Bonne-Esperance into which has been interpolated relevant passages from Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences

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  • Cover of: A catalogue of 9766 stars in the southern hemisphere: for the beginning of the year 1750

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  • Cover of: Astronomiæ fundamenta: novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita Lutetiæ in Collegio Mazarinæo et in Africa ad Caput Bonæ Spei

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  • Cover of: Tabulæ solares

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  • Cover of: Lectiones elementares algebrae et geometriae

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  • Cover of: Clarissimi viri D. de La Caille ... Lectiones elementares mechanicae, seu Brevis tractatus de motu, et aequilibrio

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  • Cover of: Clarissimi viri d. de La Caille ... Lectiones elementares astronomiae, geometriae, et physicae, ex editione Parisina anni MDCCLV in latinum traductae a C. S. e S. J.

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  • Cover of: Tratado de Optica
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  • Cover of: Traité d'optique

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  • Cover of: Clarissimi viri d. de La Caille ... Lectiones elementares opticae ex editione parisina anni MDCCLVI in latinum traductae a C.S. e S.J. quibus auctarii loco accessit Brevis theoria micrometri objectivi a R.P. Rogerio Josepho Boscovich ... concinnata ...

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  • Cover of: Leçons elementaires de mecanique, ou Traité abrégé du mouvement et de l'équilibre

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  • Cover of: Astronomiae fundamenta: novissimis solis et stellarum observationibus stabilita Lutetiae in Collegio Mazarinaeo et in Africa ad Caput Bonae Spei

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
November 2, 2019 Edited by Erick Soares Figueiredo Edited without comment.
November 2, 2019 Edited by Erick Soares Figueiredo Added new photo
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import