[146] l’Éloge de l’Abbé Nollet. (In: Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Paris, 1773. p. 121.); Querard, J. M. La France Littéraire. Paris, 1826-1842. 10 vols. Vol. VI, p. 444; “Nollet, l’Abbé, Jean Antoine.” (In: Nouvelle biographie.) [147] Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 407-409. [148] “Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel.” (In: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.) [149] Street, T. Astronomia Carolina. A new theory of the celestial motions. London, 1661. [150] This was a translation of Bion’s Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instruments de mathématique, to which he gave a general title ‘Neueröfnete mathematische Werkschule.’ Leipzig, 1713. To the title of a later edition of this translation was prefixed, “Dritte Eröfnung,” Nürnberg, 1741. The reference is to a technical school of Nürnberg. [151] Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel. Historische Nachricht von nürnbergischen Mathematiscis und Künstlern. Nürnberg, 1730. [152] Doppelmayr, op. cit. [153] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 394. [154] Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 414-415. [155] A noted French geometrician, professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal de France, and at l’Académie d’Architecture, 1640-1718. [156] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 415. [157] Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 431-432. [158] Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 410-414. [159] Ferguson, James. Select mechanical exercises with a short account of the life of the author by himself. London, 1773; “Ferguson, James.” (In: A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, originally edited by Robert Chambers, revised by Rev. Thos. Thompson. London, 1856.); “Ferguson, James.” (In: Dictionary of National Biography.) The last two articles contain extensive references to Ferguson’s works, many of which are of a high order of merit. [Illustration: Ship. _From Jodocus Hondius’ World map, 1611_] Chapter XIII Globes and Globe Makers of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century Few globe makers of striking distinction in this period.--An apparent decrease in scientific interest in globes, but an apparent increase in popular interest.--Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy.--The work of Desnos.--Globes of Gian Francesco Costa the Venetian.--Globes of Akerman and Akrel.--The French globe makers Rigobert Bonne and Lalande.--Charles Messier and Jean Fortin.--Globes of George Adams the Elder, of George Adams the Younger, and of Dudley Adams.--Small globes of Nathaniel Hill.--The work of Innocente Alessandri and Pietro Scaltaglia.--Charles Francis Delamarche.--Manuscript globes of Vincenzo Rosa.--Geographer and globe maker Giovanni Maria Cassini.--Globes of William Cary.