Index talk:Mécanique céleste Vol 1.djvu

Translation or original work?

According to The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Bowditch, Nathaniel:

"The French astronomer [[[Author:Pierre-Simon Laplace]]], thoroughly master of the mighty subject, very often omitted intermediate steps in his demonstrations, and grasped the conclusion without showing the process. It was the design of Dr. Bowditch to supply these deficiencies. Another object was to record subsequent discoveries, to continue the original work to the latest date, and to subjoin parallel passages from geometers who had treated of the same subjects. A third object was to show the sources from which Laplace had derived assistance. The elucidations and commentaries form more than half the work as produced by Dr. Bowditch."

So, is it a translation or an original work? Outlier59 (talk) 00:36, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

See Author talk:Pierre-Simon Laplace. Outlier59 (talk) 21:55, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Since this work contains a translation of original work by Laplace plus significant additions by Bowditch, I've listed Bowditch as both translator and editor. Outlier59 (talk) 23:27, 4 May 2016 (UTC)