| Reference number | CLP/1/46 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, '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. Includes one separate plate of figures.
Subject: Geometry
Written in La Fère [Hauts-de-France, France]. Read to the Royal Society on 28 March 1728. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/1/47 |
| RBO/13/78 |
| CLP/1/46/1 |
| CLP/1/46/2 |
| CLP/1/47 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7803 | Belidor; Bernard Forest de (1693 - 1761) | 1693 - 1761 |