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FLAUGERGUES, HONORÉ. fl. 1755-1835.
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FLAUGERGUES, HONORÉ. fl. 1755-1835.
Manuscript in French on paper, entitled "Mémoire sur une Equation nouvelle du troisième Satellite de Jupiter," 10 pp recto and verso, 4to (229 x 178 mm), 24 ruled lines per page, [France], c. 1808, clear italic hand in brown ink, including 1 large folding double-sided manuscript chart of observations. Contemporary French marbled wrappers with paper label, spine worn but holding, edges lightly worn, unobtrusive repair to edge of folding table.
Contemporary manuscript of Flaugergues' investigation of the satellites of Jupiter, the movements of which had fascinated Galileo and Reinieri, and had even served as the basis of Cassini's computation of the speed of light. Using his own observations gathered over 14 years, Flaugergues offers a new equation to describe the orbit of the third satellite of Jupiter. He was awarded prizes by the Academies of Montpellier, Lyon and Toulouse for his astronomical work, and has a crater named after him on the moon. He is perhaps best known for his discovery of the Great Comet of 1811, and his independent co-discovery of the Comet of 1807. The present treatise was published in the Journal de Physique LXVII, for the year 1808; this is evidently an early copy, with no indication of authorship. See The Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1863) 1868, II, p 633; Houzeau & Lancaster II, 1393.
Contemporary manuscript of Flaugergues' investigation of the satellites of Jupiter, the movements of which had fascinated Galileo and Reinieri, and had even served as the basis of Cassini's computation of the speed of light. Using his own observations gathered over 14 years, Flaugergues offers a new equation to describe the orbit of the third satellite of Jupiter. He was awarded prizes by the Academies of Montpellier, Lyon and Toulouse for his astronomical work, and has a crater named after him on the moon. He is perhaps best known for his discovery of the Great Comet of 1811, and his independent co-discovery of the Comet of 1807. The present treatise was published in the Journal de Physique LXVII, for the year 1808; this is evidently an early copy, with no indication of authorship. See The Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1863) 1868, II, p 633; Houzeau & Lancaster II, 1393.