| RefNo | CLP/1/46/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'Mémoire sur la mesure de l'aire des triangles sphériques' ['On measuring the area of spherical triangles'] by Mr [Bernard Forest] de Belidor |
| Date | 18 November 1726 |
| Description | De Belidor provides his observations of methods used to measure the area of a spherical triangle, which he notes would be useful in geography. An English translation of this paper is found at CLP/1/47.
Subject: Geometry
Written in La Fère [Hauts-de-France, France]. Read to the Royal Society on 28 March 1728. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/1/47 |
| RBO/13/78 |
| CLP/1/46 |
| CLP/1/47 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7803 | Belidor; Bernard Forest de (1693 - 1761) | 1693 - 1761 |