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Page 243
He next proceeds to explain the method given by D . Bernoulli , who has taken for
granted that the earth will put on the form of a spheroid . If the difference of the
radi arising from the sun ' s attraction be m , and that of the moon be n , and the ...
He next proceeds to explain the method given by D . Bernoulli , who has taken for
granted that the earth will put on the form of a spheroid . If the difference of the
radi arising from the sun ' s attraction be m , and that of the moon be n , and the ...
Page 353
An account of the consular revolution , at some length , is also given in this work .
That which is commonly received , appears to us involved in inexiicable
difficulties : for what can be less reconcileable with historical credibility , than that
a ...
An account of the consular revolution , at some length , is also given in this work .
That which is commonly received , appears to us involved in inexiicable
difficulties : for what can be less reconcileable with historical credibility , than that
a ...
Page 382
An investigation of this is first given , and then a rule is deduced for a logarithmic
computation ; to which , is added an example . The rules given for the solution of
this problem have generally been partly by tentative methods , approxi . ' mating ...
An investigation of this is first given , and then a rule is deduced for a logarithmic
computation ; to which , is added an example . The rules given for the solution of
this problem have generally been partly by tentative methods , approxi . ' mating ...
Page 498
As Euclid has not given a method for describing an equilateral criangle within a
circle , this author ought to have added a propofition to that effect , before the
161h of ihe Fourth Book ; for the end of the Fourih , to which we are referred for
doing ...
As Euclid has not given a method for describing an equilateral criangle within a
circle , this author ought to have added a propofition to that effect , before the
161h of ihe Fourth Book ; for the end of the Fourih , to which we are referred for
doing ...
Page 518
In the Preface is given a sketch of the work . This is fol . lowed by the Introduction
; and we have seldom seen so much useful knowledge compressed into ten
pages . Part I . Chap . I . Nature and Origin of the Scale . “ ( § . 1 . ) The SCIENCE
of ...
In the Preface is given a sketch of the work . This is fol . lowed by the Introduction
; and we have seldom seen so much useful knowledge compressed into ten
pages . Part I . Chap . I . Nature and Origin of the Scale . “ ( § . 1 . ) The SCIENCE
of ...
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| Title | The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 17 English literary periodicals |
| Publisher | F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2007 |
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