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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Picture of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Picture of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Picture of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Painting by R Levrac-Tourniéres (1667 - 1752)
This shows him "flattening the earth" to show it is an oblate spheroid

Picture of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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Picture of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

A bigger picture

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