From Lacaille to Lalande. French works on lunar distances, nautical ephemerides and lunar tables, 1742-1785
arXiv:2104.01916
Abstract
The papers studies the highly misknown works of french astronomers on ephemerides and lunar distances on the period 1742-1785. These works will have a strong influence on the development of the Nautical Almanac by Nevil Maskelyne in 1766-1767.
24 pages, text in english, no figures