Louis XIV was determined to build the greatest palace of his day. Mathematicians, surveyors, astronomers, engineers, agronomists and hydraulic experts would have to excel if they were to satisfy the wildest demands of the Sun King. So what would they invent? And would they fully succeed?
Louis XIV was determined to build the greatest palace of his day. Mathematicians, surveyors, astronomers, engineers, agronomists and hydraulic experts would have to excel if they were to satisfy the wildest demands of the Sun King. So what would they invent? And would they fully succeed?
