Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist
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La Caille was one of the observational astronomers and geodesists who followed Newton in developing ideas about celestial mechanics and the shape of the earth. He provided data to the great 18th-century mathematicians involved in understanding the complex gravitational effects that the heavenly bodies have on one another.Observing from the Cape of Good Hope, he made the first ever telescopic sky s...
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La Caille was one of the observational astronomers and geodesists who followed Newton in developing ideas about celestial mechanics and the shape of the earth. He provided data to the great 18th-century mathematicians involved in understanding the complex gravitational effects that the heavenly bodies have on one another.Observing from the Cape of Good Hope, he made the first ever telescopic sky s...
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