Annales du Bureau des longitudes (1877-1949)
Résumé
The Annales du Bureau des longitudes : travaux faits par l’observatoire astronomique de Montsouris (section navale) et mémoires divers, were published between 1877 and 1949 by the Bureau des longitudes and the Ministère de la Marine. With the exception of Guy Boistel’s book in which the Annales are quoted in relation to the history of the Parc Montsouris in Paris, the Annales keep a rather unknown publication.
In this talk, I will present the 13 volumes of the Annales with the scope to explore their content, editor, authors and some subjects. I will also link this publication with some other periodicals kept in the library of the Bureau des longitudes, and with its minutes (nowadays digitized and edited on a special website), in order to question the way in which practical mathematics circulates within the support of a scientific institution.