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- 00004471 description "Preface.--History of the subject before the appearance of Newton's Principia.--Extracts from Newton's Principia and System of the world.--Biographical sketch of Newton.--Bouguer's The figure of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Bouguer.--The Bertier controversy.--Account of Maskelyne's experiments on Schehallien.--Cavendish's experiments to determine the mean density of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Cavendish.--Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish.--Table of results of experiments.--Bibliography.--Index.".
- 00004471 tableOfContents "Preface.--History of the subject before the appearance of Newton's Principia.--Extracts from Newton's Principia and System of the world.--Biographical sketch of Newton.--Bouguer's The figure of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Bouguer.--The Bertier controversy.--Account of Maskelyne's experiments on Schehallien.--Cavendish's experiments to determine the mean density of the earth.--Biographical sketch of Cavendish.--Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish.--Table of results of experiments.--Bibliography.--Index.".