Uranographie
RUELLE (Alexandre, attribu? ?)
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Add to baskets. l. n. d. [ca 1793 ?] Dessin ? l?encre noire et ? la mine de plomb sur papier. Dimensions de la feuille : 60x45,5 cm ; dimensions du dessin : 47,3x36 cm. Mouillure et petites d?chirures marginales sans atteinte au dessin, marge inf?rieure pli?e. Beau planisph?re c?leste manuscrit in?dit, qui n?est pas sans rappeler la gravure du m?me Ruelle intitul?e Nouvelle Uranographie. Alexandre Ruelle publia en 1786 une Nouvelle Uranographie ou m?thode tr?s facile pour apprendre ? conna?tre les constellations par les configurations des principales ?toiles entre elles, compl?t?e par un livret d?explications, Description et de l?usage de cette nouvelle Uranographie, paru l?ann?e suivante, dans lequel il rejetait l?usage de l?iconographie symbolique des constellations sur les cartes : ? Les figures d?hommes & d?animaux que les Anciens ont assign? aux constellations pour distingue les divers groupes d??toiles qui se remarquent dans le ciel, n?ont, comme l?on sait, aucun rapport avec la configuration respective de ces ?toiles [?] J?ai pens? qu?il n?y avait pas de mani?re plus simple & plus facile d?enseigner ? conna?tre le ciel, que de substituer ? ces figures fantastiques les triangles, carr?s, polygones ou autres figures g?om?triques qui pr?sentent r?ellement ? la vue les divers groupes d??toiles? ? (p. 1). Cependant, sur le pr?sent dessin, les constellations sont accompagn?es de leurs figures symboliques, a contrario des principes mis en ?uvre dans la Nouvelle Uranographie. Le dessin se compose de trois parties : les deux h?misph?res, austral et bor?al, en projection polaire, et une bande en projection cylindrique qui repr?sente le ciel ?toil? centr? sur l'?quateur pourvu d'une ?chelle gradu?e. Entre chaque h?misph?re figue un texte explicatif manuscrit. Les ?toiles sont divis?es en cinq ordres de grandeur et d?sign?es par des lettres grecques et latines selon la m?thode de Bayer. Quatre plan?tes sont identifi?es par leur nom, Uranus par le nom de son d?couvreur Herschel (elle fut identifi?e seulement quelques ann?es auparavant, en 1781). Sous le titre du planisph?re, Alexandre Ruelle (1756-18?) est d?sign? comme ? professeur de l?Observatoire ?, ce qui permet de le dater vers 1793. D?serteur d'un r?giment de dragon cach? ? l'Observatoire royal de Paris o? r?sidait un de ses parents, l'horloger Boucher, Ruelle avait ?t? recrut? en 1785 par Jean-Dominique Cassini, alors directeur, pour ?tre l?un de ses trois ?l?ves assistants. Le d?cret de la Convention du 31 ao?t 1793 le confirme au poste de professeur de l?Observatoire, qu?il quitte n?anmoins ? la fin de cette m?me ann?e. Politiquement tr?s actif, il fut emprisonn? entre ao?t 1794 et septembre 1795 pour avoir ?t? membre de l'ancien comit? r?volutionnaire de la section de l'Observatoire. Il participa ? la conspiration de Babeuf en 1797 ; condamn?, il entra dans l?administration de la Loterie o? l?on perd sa trace.
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