César-François Cassini de Thury [SEP] cause of death
1784), which was completed by his son ("").
César-François Cassini de Thury died of smallpox in Paris on 4 September 1784,
Works.
- "La méridienne de l’Observatoire Royal de Paris" (1744)
- "Description géométrique de la terre" (1775)
- "Description géométrique de la France" (1784)
See also.
- Cassini projection
External links.
- List of online works available on Gallica
- Cassini map online on EHESS site
César-François Cassini de Thury
César-François Cassini de Thury (17 June 1714 – 4 September 1784), also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer.
Biography.
Cassini de Thury was born in Thury-sous-Clermont, in the Oise department, the second son of Jacques Cassini and Suzanne Françoise Charpentier de Charmois. He was a grandson of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and would become the father of Jean-Dominique Cassini, Comte de Cassini.
In 1739