Essai historique sur le probl�me des trois corps, ou dissertation sur la th�orie des mouvemens de la lune et des plan�tes, abstraction faite de leur figure

GAUTIER, Alfred

Published by Courcier, Paris, 1817

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In-4 de XII, 283 pp., 1 planche h.-t. Couverture en papier �ponge, �tiquette imprim�e au dos. (Brochure de l'�poque.). Premi�re �dition. Un historique tr�s complet et d�taill� du probl�me des trois corps en m�canique c�leste : Newton, Clairaut, d'Alembert, Euler, Poisson, Laplace, Lagrange. Poisson a soulign� le m�rite de cet ouvrage dans un rapport fait � l'Acad�mie des Sciences. L'ouvrage est aussi cit� par Tisserand, Trait� de m�canique c�leste, III, p. 64. L'astronome suisse Alfred Gautier (1793-1881) a �t� directeur de l'Observatoire de Gen�ve de 1821 � 1839. Il avait obtenu un doctorat en m�canique c�leste � Paris. ENVOI � la plume de l'auteur sur la page de garde : "Offert par l'auteur � son ami le Dr. A. Butini". Le Docteur Adolphe Butini, de Gen�ve (1792-1877), philantrope, fonda en 1859 avec sa femme, l'h�pital qui porte leur nom. Bon exemplaire. In-4 de XII, 283 pp., 1 planche h.-t. Couverture en papier �ponge, �tiquette imprim�e au dos. (Brochure de l'�poque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First edition. A very complete and detailed history of the three-body problem in celestial mechanics: Newton, Clairaut, d'Alembert, Euler, Poisson, Laplace, Lagrange. Poisson praised this work in a report to the Acad�mie des Sciences. The work is also cited by Tisserand, Trait� de m�canique c�leste, III, p. 64. Swiss astronomer Alfred Gautier (1793-1881) became director of the Geneva Observatory from 1821 to 1839. He had obtained a doctorate in celestial mechanics in Paris. INSCRIBED by the author on the flyleaf: "Offered by the author to his friend Dr. A. Butini". Doctor Adolphe Butini, of Geneva (1792-1877), philanthropist, founded in 1859 with his wife, the hospital that bears their name. A good copy. -.

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Essai historique sur le probl�me des trois corps, ou dissertation sur la th�orie des mouvemens de la lune et des plan�tes, abstraction faite de leur figure

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Courcier, Paris

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1817

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Soft cover

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1st Edition

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