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Condamine, Charles-Marie de La. Journal du voyage... a l'Equateur, servant d'introduction historique a la mesure des trois premiers degres du méridien..., Paris, France
44926729
d'Orleans, Pere Cherubin. La Dioptrique oculaire, Paris, France
63120129
d'Orleans, Pere Cherubin. La Vision Parfaite volume 1, Paris, France
63120131
d'Orleans, Pere Cherubin. La Vision Parfaite volume 2, Paris, France
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de Fer, Nicolas. L'Atlas Curieux: Illustrations of the Paris Observatory, Paris, France
63120111
De Hautefeuille, M. Invention nouvelle pour se servir facilement des plus longues Lunetes d’aproche: et quelques autres moyens de les perfectionner, Paris, France
44957158
de Montor, Alexis Francois Artaud. Italie, Paris, France
88812022
Le Monnier, P. C., Histoire celeste ou recueil de toutes les observations astronomiques faites par ordre du Roy, Paris, France
44924348
Niceron, Jean Francois, Thaumaturgus opticus, Paris, France
49794251
Nollet, Jean Antoine, Lecons de physique experimentale, Paris, France
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Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
44922863
Perrault, Claude, Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des animaux, Paris, France
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Saint-Bonnet, Jean de, Cursus philosophici Tomus secundus, Lyon, France

 

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