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<dl><dd>Bibliography: p. 145-156</dd>
<dd>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</dd></dl><br>Subjects: bub_upload; Gravitation</div>
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<dl><dd>Mackenzie, A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley), 1865-1938</dd>
<dd>Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727</dd>
<dd>Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758</dd>
<dd>Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810</dd></dl></div>
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