The Works of John Playfair

The Works of John Playfair

Author: John Playfair

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1108029388

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This collection of the major works of influential Scottish mathematician and geologist John Playfair was first published in 1822.


The Works of John Playfair ...: Biographical memoir. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.-v.2.Dissertation, exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science since the revival of letters in Europe.-v.3.On the arithmetic of impossible quantities. On the causes which affect the accuracy of barometrical measurements. Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins. On the origin and investigation of porisms. Observations on the trigonometrical tables of the Brahmins. Theorems relating to the figure of the earth. On the solids of greatest attraction. On the progress of heat in spherical bodies. Account of a lithological survey of Schehallien. On the naval tactics of the late John Clerk.-v.4.Biographical account of Matthew Stewart. Biographical account of James Hutton. Biographical account of John Robinson. Review of Mudge's Account of the trigonometrical survey of England. Review of Mechain et Delambre, Base du système métrique décimal. Review of Laplace, Traité de mécanique céleste. Review of Le Compte rendu par l'Institut de France. Review of Lambton's Measurement of an arch of the meridan. Review of Laplace, Essai philosophique sur les probabilitiés. Review of Baron de Zach, Attraction des montagnes. Review of Kater on the pendulum

The Works of John Playfair ...: Biographical memoir. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.-v.2.Dissertation, exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science since the revival of letters in Europe.-v.3.On the arithmetic of impossible quantities. On the causes which affect the accuracy of barometrical measurements. Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins. On the origin and investigation of porisms. Observations on the trigonometrical tables of the Brahmins. Theorems relating to the figure of the earth. On the solids of greatest attraction. On the progress of heat in spherical bodies. Account of a lithological survey of Schehallien. On the naval tactics of the late John Clerk.-v.4.Biographical account of Matthew Stewart. Biographical account of James Hutton. Biographical account of John Robinson. Review of Mudge's Account of the trigonometrical survey of England. Review of Mechain et Delambre, Base du système métrique décimal. Review of Laplace, Traité de mécanique céleste. Review of Le Compte rendu par l'Institut de France. Review of Lambton's Measurement of an arch of the meridan. Review of Laplace, Essai philosophique sur les probabilitiés. Review of Baron de Zach, Attraction des montagnes. Review of Kater on the pendulum

Author: John Playfair

Publisher:

Published: 1822

Total Pages: 632

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The Works of John Playfair ...

The Works of John Playfair ...

Author: Formerly Chairman Department of Immunology John Playfair

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9781357085001

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