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Paper, 'A dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers

Reference number: CLP/7ii/4

Date: 17 December 1724

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Desaguliers summarises work by Newton and Cassini comparing their experiments on this topic; about degrees of latitude in France; barometric observations; concerning falls in mercury in the barometer; concerning centrifugal force quoting Newton. Includes two pages of geometrical figures.

Subject: Meteorology / Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1724

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A dissertation concering the figure of the Earth, by the Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.' and 'The dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth continued'

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CLP/7ii/4
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17 December 1724
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Ink on paper
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49 pages
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Manuscript

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John Theophilus Desaguliers

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John Theophilus Desaguliers, Paper, 'A dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 17 December 1724, CLP/7ii/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_4/paper-a-dissertation-concerning-the-figure-of-the-earth-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 22 January 2025

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