Caesar Francois Cassini ( French: César-François Cassini de Thury ; June 17, 1714 - September 4, 1784 ) - French astronomer and surveyor .
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| Scientific field | astronomy |
| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London |
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Biography
The third-generation astronomer succeeded his father, Jacques Cassini , as director of the Paris Observatory , but did not achieve much success as an astronomer. In 1745 he described a kind of cartographic projection , named in his honor " Cassini projection ."
Cassini’s life became the compilation of the first complete topographic map of France , which was completed by his son Jean-Dominic Cassini IV and printed by the French Academy of Sciences in 1744 - 1793.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Archive for the history of mathematics MacTyutor
- ↑ 1 2 Committee of Historical and Scientific Works - 1834.
Literature
- Cassini, astronomers // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.