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Paper, 'Account of an essay, 'Disquisitio mathematica in causam physicam figurae et magntiudinis telluris nostrae' [Mathematics inquiry into the physical shape of our planet and magnitudes] by Paolo Frisi' by James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/397

Date: 1753

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Subject: Book review

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a book, intitled, P. D. Pauli Frisii Mediolanensis, &c. Disquisitio mathematica in causam physicam figuræ et magnitudinis Telluris nostræ; printed at Milan in 1752. inscribed to the Count de Sylva, and consisting of ten sheets and a half in quarto'

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L&P/2/397
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Paolo Frisi

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James Short

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Paolo Frisi, James Short, Paper, 'Account of an essay, 'Disquisitio mathematica in causam physicam figurae et magntiudinis telluris nostrae' [Mathematics inquiry into the physical shape of our planet and magnitudes] by Paolo Frisi' by James Short, 1753, L&P/2/397, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_397/paper-account-of-an-essay-disquisitio-mathematica-in-causam-physicam-figurae-et-magntiudinis-telluris-nostrae-mathematics-inquiry-into-the-physical-shape-of-our-planet-and-magnitudes-by-paolo-frisi-by-james-short, accessed on 20 April 2026

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