Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds, 1791. Artist: Jean Baptiste Morret

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds, 1791.  Artist: Jean Baptiste Morret

1-633-041 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds, 1791. French mathematician Bernard Fontenelle (1657-1757) stands by a telescope, looking up at the Moon in the night sky.


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Creator
  1. Jean Baptiste Morret: French: Artist, printmaker
After
  1. Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach: French: Artist
Subject
  1. Bernard Fontenelle: French: Mathematician

Medium
  1. Engraving

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4569x3837
File Size : 51,362kb


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  1. 251584
  1. 0600000691
  1. 1-633-041
  1. 1633041
  1. 251584

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