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Pagina 9
He surveyed and made a drawing of the country around Coire , and performed numerous physical observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly ...
He surveyed and made a drawing of the country around Coire , and performed numerous physical observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly ...
Pagina 10
He proposed to himself certain rules , of the propriety and justness of which he was convinced , and observed them as strictly as the rulcs of arithmetic in calculating . Hence , nothing could affect the calmness of his mind , or divert ...
He proposed to himself certain rules , of the propriety and justness of which he was convinced , and observed them as strictly as the rulcs of arithmetic in calculating . Hence , nothing could affect the calmness of his mind , or divert ...
Pagina 18
... the abbé de la Caille was right , when he estimated at five minutes the error which might take place in the observed distances of the moon and stars , and which might occasion in the longitude an error of fifty nautical leagues .
... the abbé de la Caille was right , when he estimated at five minutes the error which might take place in the observed distances of the moon and stars , and which might occasion in the longitude an error of fifty nautical leagues .
Pagina 19
I beg leave to make some observations on an essay , on the study of natural philosophy , which appeared in the number of the Port Folio , for November last . The author informs us , that the science of hydrostatics teaches the ...
I beg leave to make some observations on an essay , on the study of natural philosophy , which appeared in the number of the Port Folio , for November last . The author informs us , that the science of hydrostatics teaches the ...
Pagina 20
Air is observed to differ froin other fluids , first in not possessing the property of congelation , and secondly , from its not being uniformly dense throughout . ” This displays the grossest ignorance of the present state of ...
Air is observed to differ froin other fluids , first in not possessing the property of congelation , and secondly , from its not being uniformly dense throughout . ” This displays the grossest ignorance of the present state of ...
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