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BORDA, JEAN-CHARLES DE. Description et Usage du Cercle de Réflexion avec Différentes Méthodes pour calculer les Observations Nautiques. 3 folding engraved plates. 87, [1], 33 pages. 4to, 229x175 mm, modern marbled boards; small hole in title, scattered stains, wormtrail through blank gutter of last several leaves. Paris: Didot l'Aîné & Jombert Jeune, 1787
first edition. "Borda's development of a surveying instrument, the cercle de réflexion, contributed to French success in measuring the length of the meridional arc"--DSB II, 299. Houzeau & Lancaster 10764.
