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The laws of gravitation; memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish, together with abstracts of other important memoirs

by: Mackenzie, A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley), 1865-1938; Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727; Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758; Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810

Publication date: [1900]

Topics: Gravitation, Earth -- Density

Publisher: New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company

Collection: cdl; americana

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

Bibliography: p. 145-156

Preface.--History of the subject before the appearance of Newton's Principia.--Extracts from Newton's Principia and System of the world.--Biographical sketch of Newton.--Bouguer's The figure of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Bouguer.--The Bertier controversy.--Account of Maskelyne's experiments on Schehallien.--Cavendish's experiments to determine the mean density of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Cavendish.--Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish.--Table of results of experiments.--Bibliography.--Index

Addeddate: 2007-02-22 17:41:29

Associated-names: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727; Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758; Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810

Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-100697672

Camera: 1Ds

Collection-library: nrlf_ucb

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by ian frederick-rothwell for item lawsofgravitatio00mackrich on February 22, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1900.