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New Treatise on Navigation:
Pierre Bouguer was a brilliant 18th-century French mathematician who published important works on a variety of topics, many of which had to do with aspects of ship design and ship handling. His book, "Nouveau Traite de Navigation," or "New Treatise on Navigation," published in 1753, made important contributions to the theory and practice of navigating a ship out of sight of land. |