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

Reference number: CLP/7ii/5

Date: 10 July 1725

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Desaguliers summarises work by Newton and Mairan and compares their experiments on this topic. Includes one page of geometrical figures including four circles and a U-shaped pipe.

Subject: Mathematics / Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 10 June 1725

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth. Part the second.'

Reference number
CLP/7ii/5
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10 July 1725
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Ink on paper
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23 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. Part the second' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 10 July 1725, CLP/7ii/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_5/paper-a-dissertation-concerning-the-figure-of-the-earth-part-the-second-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 06 December 2024

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