Lacaille’s Caelum
On his 1756 planisphere Nicolas Louis de Lacaille showed Caelum as a pair of
crossed engraving tools tied together with a ribbon. He named the constellation
les Burins. This was Latinized to Caelum Scalptorium on the second edition of the chart in
1763. For a zoomable version of the second edition, see here. This illustration comes from a copy of Lacaille’s original map published in the popular-level Atlas Céleste of Jean Fortin. (Image © Ian Ridpath.)
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