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Verlag: New York, etc.: American Book Company, [1900]., 1900
Anbieter: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. vii, 160 pp. Original cloth. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Half-inch spot worn on upper edge of front cover. Else Very Good. Contains "Extracts" from Newton's "Principia" and "System of the World" (pp. 9-19), Bouguer's "Figure of the Earth" (pp. 23-44; 1st ed., 1749), and Cavendish's "Experiments to determine the mean density of the Earth" (pp. 59-105; originally published in the Phil. Trans., 1798). Also contains "Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish" (pp. 111-142), biographical sketches of Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish, and other historical writings. Copy of Karl Taylor Compton, with his ink stamp on the flyleaf. Scarce.