Title

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French astronomer and mathematician, in Finland, 1736, (1874). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French astronomer and mathematician, in Finland, 1736, (1874). In 1736 Maupertuis (1698-1759) led an expedition to Lapland to measure the length of a degree along the meridian. The expedition included the French mathematicians Alexis Claude Clairault (1713-1765) and Charles Etienne Louis Camus (1699-1768). They set up their headquarters at Torino in Northern Finland. In summer they were plagued by insects and in winter suffered from the cold. From Vies des Savants Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1874).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1874

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_402

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No

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Rights managed

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49,9Mb (4,6Mb) / 17,4in x 11,1in / 5227 x 3340 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather season winter people male job man men cold discovery country French France snow science guy occupation astronomy Arctic Finland Lapland scientist location surveying century profession maths mathematics measurement expedition concept arithmetic B&W hardship MONOCHROME wintry 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century astronomer Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive distance measurement mathematician TGN Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis engraving Unknown Louis Figuier Figuier Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Pierre-Louis Alexis Claude Clairault Clairault Alexis Claude Charles Etienne Louis Camus Camus Charles Etienne Louis Louis Figuier Alexis Claude Clairault Charles Etienne Louis Camus engraving