Euler's Correspondence with Pierre Bouguer
In 1713, at the age of 15, Bouguer was appointed to succeed his father as professor of hydrography at Croisic in Brittany. He quickly established himself as a exceptional and respected scientist in the fields of hydrography, navigaiton, and optics. He later was offered membership in the Academy of Sciences, taking Maupertuis' position when Maupertuis joined Frederick II's court in Berlin.

Bouguer is perhaps best remembered for traveling to Peru with de La Condamine on an expedition, organized by the Académie Royale des Sciences, to measure the length of a degree of meridian at the equator. Bouguer would spend ten years of his life on this task, being away from Europe from 1735 to 1745.
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For more information about Bouguer, visit these links:

• MacTutor biography of Bouguer
• Wikipedia biography of Bouguer

Publication Information:

List of all known correspondence (18 letters total):

OO313	Bouguer to Euler	20 March, 1751
OO314	Bouguer to Euler	04 May, 1751
OO315	Bouguer to Euler	30 May, 1751
OO316	Bouguer to Euler	09 October, 1751
OO317	Bouguer to Euler	02 April, 1752
OO318	Bouguer to Euler	14 July, 1752
OO319	Bouguer to Euler	23 November, 1752
OO320	Bouguer to Euler	03 February, 1753
OO321	Bouguer to Euler	08 February, 1753
OO322	Bouguer to Euler	28 September, 1753
OO323	Bouguer to Euler	08 April, 1754
OO324	Bouguer to Euler	02 May, 1754
OO325	Bouguer to Euler	11 July, 1754
OO326	Bouguer to Euler	14 November, 1754
OO327	Bouguer to Euler	01 May, 1755
OO328	Euler to Bouger	07 June, 1755
OO329	Bouguer to Euler	27 September, 1755
OO330	Bouguer to Euler	18 May, 1756

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