1765 geometry science mathematics shapes antique book 21 fold-out plates leather

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1765 geometry science mathematics shapes antique book 21 fold-out plates leather:
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He contributed 270 articles to the Encyclopédiein the subjects of arithmetic and geometry. InJune, 1747 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

He was the inventor of a primitive diving suitin 1775, which he called a \"scaphandre\" from the Greek words skaphe(boat) and andros (man) in his book Traité de la constructionthéorique et pratique du scaphandre ou du bateau de l\'homme (Treatise onthe theoretical and practical construction of the \"Scaphandre\" orhuman boat). The invention of the Abbé de la Chapelle consisted of a suit madeof cork which allowed soldiers to float and swim in water. As the name anddescription suggest, it was more of a flotation suit than a diving class=\"MsoNormal\">