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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- Experiments For Determining The Variation In The Length Of The Seconds' Pendulum
- Section I. With Detached invariable Pendulums
- Section II. With Attached Invariable Pendulums
- Latitudes of the Pendulum Stations
- Application of the observed Variation in the Length of the Seconds' Pendulum to the Determination of the Figure of the Earth
- Geographical Notices: Longitudes of the Pendulum Stations
- Hydrographical Notices
- Experiments For Determining The Variation In The Intensity Of Terrestrial Magnetism
- Atmospherical Notices
- Postscript
Section I. With Detached invariable Pendulums
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- Experiments For Determining The Variation In The Length Of The Seconds' Pendulum
- Section I. With Detached invariable Pendulums
- Section II. With Attached Invariable Pendulums
- Latitudes of the Pendulum Stations
- Application of the observed Variation in the Length of the Seconds' Pendulum to the Determination of the Figure of the Earth
- Geographical Notices: Longitudes of the Pendulum Stations
- Hydrographical Notices
- Experiments For Determining The Variation In The Intensity Of Terrestrial Magnetism
- Atmospherical Notices
- Postscript
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- An Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth by Means of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in Different LatitudesAs Well As on Various Other Subjects of Philosophical Inquiry, pp. 3 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1825