 He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet.  The Anatomy of Drunkenness - Page 144by Robert Macnish - 1835 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 390 pages
...some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Mr Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, "which is to be found in the transactions of the royal society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required j and he found by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 746 pages
...subject ; to Robins's Tracts, and Professor Hutton's Experiments on Gunnery; as well as to whatever was to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg ; Vegetius de Re militari ; Saxe's Military Reveries; Rocheaymon.... | |
 | Brian Hill - English poetry - 1816 - 128 pages
...problems of maxima et minima. The celebrated Maclaurin resolved it by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and determined precisely the angle required. Upon the most exact " No, Henry, no ; one energetic mind,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...problems of maxima and minima. The celebrated M'Laurin refolved it by a fluxiooary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, and determined precifely the angle required. Upon the moft exact menfuration which the lubjcct could adroit,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1822 - 322 pages
...expense, of material and labour. larly by the ingenious Mr. Maclarurin, by a iluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...problems of maxima and minima. The celebrated MlLaurin resolved it by a iluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and determined precisely the angle required. Upon the most exact mensuration which the subject could admit,... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 584 pages
...by some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required, and he found by the most exact mensuration B2 the subject... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Act (Philosophy). - 1827 - 706 pages
...some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Mr. Alaclaurin, by a fluxionary caleulation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 856 pages
...problems of maxima and minima. The celebrated M'Laurin resolved it by a fluxionary calculation, which [ U1 oض*ZA C T%Z m [ 7 { ̸ z u ? a0 A l G Q j ; determined precisely the angle required. Upon the most exact mensuration which the subject could admit,... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 424 pages
...by some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
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