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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
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1713–1762 · French astronomer

Also known as: Abbe de la Caille, La Caille, Lacaille, Louis de la Caille, Nicolas Louis de La Caille, Никола Луи де Лакайль

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Known works

  • Journal historique du voyage fait au Cap de Bonne-Espérance
  • Ad lectiones elementares astronomiæ, physicæ, et geometricæ
  • Astronomiæ fundamenta
  • Atlas souvenir de l'abbé de La Caille
  • Clarissimi viri d. de La Caille ... Lectiones elementares astronomiae, geometriae, et physicae, ex editione Parisina anni MDCCLV in latinum traductae a C. S. e S. J.